House panel issues 'unprecedented subpoena' in lastditch effort to halt Texas execution of Robert Roberson
Oct 17, 2024
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A Texas House committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to subpoena death row inmate Robert Roberson ahead of his Thursday execution, an extraordinary step that sought to give Roberson a final lifeline after a series of court rejections left him on track to become the first person in the country executed for allegedly shaking a baby to death.