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Robert Roberson granted last minute reprieve minutes before execution

By David Martin Davies Texas Public Radio,

1 days ago

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3ozXGA_0wBXlDMH00 — Robert Roberson, who's on Texas death row, talks to Texas Public Radio. Gideon Rogers/Texas Public Radio

An unusual legal move has bought more time for a Texas man who was set to be executed Thursday evening.

A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers, who said Robert Roberson was actually innocent and shouldn’t be executed, issued a subpoena on Wednesday for the death row inmate.

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