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Robert Roberson is scheduled for execution on October 16. Once again, his case is catching the eyes of politicians and advocates after a political battle last year.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/10/03/532543/renewed-focus-on-roberson-case-is-latest-in-deluge-of-political-pressure-aimed-at-texas-judiciary/

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A judge ordered an Oct. 16 execution date for death row inmate Robert Roberson Wednesday upon the Texas Attorney General's request — almost exactly a year after he narrowly avoided execution when state lawmakers intervened in his case.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/07/16/526528/east-texas-judge-approves-oct-16-execution-date-for-robert-roberson/

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday requested a new execution date for Robert Roberson, the East Texas man whose execution was delayed last year after his case became a political lightning rod that shook up the state’s judicial system.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/?p=524306

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A Texas House Committee was left without its key witness on Friday after Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion late Thursday barring death row inmate Robert Roberson from testifying at the Capitol.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2024/12/20/509375/texas-house-panel-may-never-hear-robert-robersons-testimony-after-new-legal-move/

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Texas House members are weighing whether the shaken baby syndrome theory should have been used in convicting Robert Roberson of the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/10/21/503584/texas-lawmakers-hear-from-dr-phil-john-grisham-on-robert-robersons-conviction/

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Texas once again led the nation in executions in 2023. A large proportion of the prisoners put to death suffered from some form of mental illness or cognitive disability.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2023/12/14/472123/texas-leads-u-s-in-executions-in-2023-report-finds/

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