17-10-2024 05:32 via kxan.com

Texas Supreme Court delays Roberson execution

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Texas Supreme Court issued an order temporarily delaying the execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson.The order puts a pause on the execution which could have gone forward before midnight.The order came after a flurry of last-minute appeals in the case. Just hours before the Texas Supreme Court decision, the state's Court of Criminal Appeals Thursday night overruled an order that temporarily delayed Roberson's execution.Earlier Thursday, State District Judge Jessica Man
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