Robert Roberson Will Not Be Executed in Texas Tonight

The Texas Supreme Court has reinstated the temporary restraining order requested by the Texas lawmakers.  

10.18.24 By Innocence Staff

The Texas Supreme Court has reinstated the temporary restraining order requested by the Texas lawmakers.  

10.18.24 By Innocence Staff

12/19/23, Livingston, Texas: Robert Roberson photographed through plexiglass at TDCJ Polunsky Unit. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The Innocence Project

12/19/23, Livingston, Texas: Robert Roberson photographed at TDCJ Polunsky Unit. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The Innocence Project

BREAKING (October 17, 2024): Robert Roberson will not be executed tonight. Recognizing that the lawmakers’ case raised important separation of powers questions that should not be rendered moot by Mr. Roberson’s execution, the Texas Supreme Court has reinstated the temporary restraining order requested by the Texas lawmakers.

TX Supreme Court order granting lawmakers’ emergency motion: here.

Concurrence: here.

Statement from Gretchen Sween, attorney for Robert Roberson:

“The vast team fighting for Robert Roberson—people all across Texas, the country, and the world—are elated tonight that a contingent of brave, bipartisan Texas lawmakers chose to dig deep into the facts of Robert’s case that no court had yet considered and recognized that his life was worth fighting for. He lives to fight another day and hopes that his experience can help improve the integrity of our criminal legal system. Thank you to all who have supported Robert, an innocent man on Texas’s death row.”

Joint Statement from Rep. Joe Moody and Rep. Jeff Leach:

 

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K Jones October 18, 2024 at 1:25 am Reply   

Just free him already

Robert Diaz October 18, 2024 at 12:59 am Reply   

I am ashamed of Texas’ corrupt criminal court system…but especially proud of defense lawyers, Texas’ legislators and their Supreme Court in working together to prevent a travesty from occurring, which Texas’ criminal court was so eagerly, so gleefully, so bloodthirstily hurtling toward to the point of disregarding jurisprudence, human rights, human dignity. The rest of America, the rest of the world now know how corrupt and runaway the Texas criminal system is. For the sake of Robert and the others, we can change this, improve it. I pray that the facts can ultimately establish Robert’s innocence; it won’t give him all those years back but it WILL give him dignity and freedom back for the rest of his days. Thank you to everyone involved for fighting, believing…and congratulations for being part of indelible, honorable history. An amazing day.

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