like this temporary restraining order due to the subpoena, the execution will not take place Thursday. The executionwarrant is good through midnight on Thursday, however.
House members were successful in halting the execution of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson III. The Supreme Court of Texas granted a stay late Thursday night.
Robert Roberson, who was sentenced to death based on the largely discredited "shaken baby syndrome" hypothesis, was denied a stay of execution by the Supreme Court.
Robert Roberson is set to die for the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter. The case underscores broader questions about outdated medical science in criminal convictions.