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Texas will execute Robert Roberson on October 17 for a crime that never happened, based on discredited pseudo-science, and ignoring Texas' "junk science law" meant to prevent such use of flawed forensics and miscarriages of justice

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/17/robert-roberson-texas-death-penalty-john-grisham-innocent

https://undark.org/2024/08/06/texas-junk-science-law-not-keeping-up-with-science

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A Texas law created to help people imprisoned due to flawed scientific evidence is not working, report says

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2024/08/05/495604/a-texas-law-created-to-help-people-imprisoned-due-to-flawed-scientific-evidence-is-not-working-report-says/

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