Texas lawmakers show bipartisan support to try to stop a man’s execution
Associated PressAUSTIN, Texas — A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers petitioned Republican Gov. The petition from 84 lawmakers from the 150-member Republican-controlled state House — as well as medical experts, death penalty attorneys, a former detective on the case, and bestselling novelist John Grisham — is a rare sign of widespread bipartisan support in Texas against a planned execution. “There is a strong majority, a bipartisan majority, of the Texas House that have serious doubts about Robert Roberson’s execution,” Rep. Joe Moody, a Democrat, said at a press conference at the state Capitol. The clemency petition and Roberson’s supporters argue his conviction was based on inaccurate science and that experts have largely debunked that Curtis’ symptoms aligned with shaken baby syndrome. Brian Wharton, a former chief of detectives in Palestine, Texas, who aided in Roberson’s prosecution, signed the petition and publicly called on the state to stop the execution.
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