Texas supreme court rules lawmakers’ subpoena can not block execution of man
High court strikes down last-ditch effort to delay lethal injection of Robert Roberson over daughter’s death
The Texas supreme court on Friday ruled that a legislative subpoena cannot be used to stop an execution after Republican and Democratic lawmakers used the novel maneuver to pause Robert Roberson’s lethal injection at the last minute.
The ruling addressed a subpoena issued for Roberson by the Texas house criminal jurisprudence committee last month that was seen as a way to delay his execution.
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