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Death Row Inmate Robert Roberson May Not Get a Chance To Make a Final Plea Before Texas Lawmakers After New AG Move

Robert Roberson, an autistic Texan man who is scheduled for execution on October 17, 2024 has filed a formal clemency petition. (Credit: Innocence Project/IP)

Robert Roberson, the autistic man on death row in Texas, may not get a chance to make his case before state lawmakers after Attorney General Ken Paxton's latest judicial move.

Concretely, Paxton is seeking to delay Roberson's testimony before the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, which subpoenaed the inmate this week and summoned him to a hearing.

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