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Texas judge sets new execution date for Robert Roberson

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Texas judge sets new execution date for death row inmate Robert Roberson

A Texas judge on Wednesday set a new execution date for Robert Roberson, a death row inmate who says he is innocent of murder in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter.

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East Texas inmate Robert Roberson's legal team plans to challenge new execution date

Judge Reeve Jackson, a visiting judge from Smith County's 114th District Court, set the updated execution date, noting the Court of Criminal Appeals had been sitting on Roberson’s appeal application for five months. Roberson’s attorney argued that the judge couldn’t set a date because his application is still pending.

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Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson now scheduled to be executed on Oct. 16 in shaken baby syndrome case

Prosecutors alleged that Roberson killed the child by violently shaking her — a diagnosis commonly referred to at the time as shaken baby syndrome.

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No shackles, no cuffs: Texas death row loosens solitary confinement for first time in years

A new program in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, allows death row prisoners to mingle outside of solitary confinement ...

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Killer inmates on America's harshest death row get rare privileges and incredible new perk

The program allows the selected prisoners to spend several hours a day outside their cells and allows them to enjoy communal ...

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U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Texas death row inmate pushing for DNA evidence tests

Ruben Gutierrez is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that restricts death row inmates from seeking tests that ...

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