A Texas judge has granted a preliminary injunction to postpone the execution of a death row inmate. 2002 murder My 2 year old daughter's fox 7 Austin reported.
Robert Roberson, 57, was scheduled to be executed Thursday night, but hours before he received the lethal injection, a Travis County judge ruled that he would be allowed to testify in his case next week. .
This decision was made after a Texas House committee A subpoena was issued to Roberson. on Wednesday night.
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Texas state lawmakers meet with Robert Roberson at a prison in Livingston, Texas, on September 27, 2024. (Deputies on Criminal Justice Reform via AP)
Roberson was found guilty of killing his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, in the east Texas city of Palestine.
The toddler was diagnosed with “shaken baby syndrome,” but experts, lawmakers and the lead detective in the girl's case say the science behind Roberson's death sentence no longer holds up, and the state's “junk The “Science'' law was supposed to have already halted his execution.
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Roberson's supporters say doctors misdiagnosed Curtis' injuries as related to shaken baby syndrome, and new evidence suggests Curtis died from complications related to severe pneumonia, not abuse. It claims to have been shown to have done so.
Fox News Digital's Bradford Betz contributed to this report.
