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 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:
Statement from Chairman Joe Moody and Chairman Jeff Leach #txlege #RobertRoberson https://t.co/H9lIUEvyhN pic.twitter.com/kSJ9uUjOMh
— Jeff Leach (@leachfortexas) October 18, 2024
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October 22, 2024 at 11:32 pm
October 20, 2024 at 4:08 pm
Praying for a new trial for this wrongly convicted man! Not only a new trial, but a full pardon! It’s an absolute travesty that this sham of a “trial” was ever allowed to happen!
I believe this man did not receive due process and he is innocent. At the least, he deserves a new trial. After he is freed, I believe the state of TX should pay this man for time lost. He deserves a life outside of prison. Praying for Roberson’s release!