Texas Judge Blocks Execution

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Texas judge says state can’t execute Robert Roberson, but attorney general plans to swiftly appeal

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Robert Roberson is scheduled to be executed Thursday night for killing his 2-year-old daughter.

Roberson was convicted of shaking a baby girl to death in Texas .

A state district court judge ruled that the state doesn't have the authority to execute Roberson if it prevents him from complying with a last-minute legislative subpoena.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon declined to stop Roberson 's execution.

The parole board voted unanimously Wednesday to deny Robert Roberson's clemency application.

Roberson has argued that his conviction was based on an unfounded shaken baby syndrome diagnosis given to his daughter.

The courts have rejected all of his appeals so far, with the state’s highest criminal court, on procedural grounds, declining on Wednesday to stop his execution.

Roberson was married to Manuela Doris Roberson in 2022 .

“This man would never harm another person, especially not his small little baby girl!” Roberson ’s life is worth more to me, his children, his friends and loved ones than all the treasures of this world.

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