UPDATE, Nov. 15, 12:30 p.m.: Five days after his birthday on Nov. 10, the Texas Supreme Court lifted Robert Roberson’s stay of execution, allowing the state of Texas to move forward with the execution. UPDATE, Oct. 18, 6:33 a.m.: In a shocking late night decision, the Texas Supreme Court has stayed Robert Roberson’s execution. Roberson […]
Author Archives: Kimberly Reeves
Kimberly Reeves has called Houston, Dallas, Austin and Beeville home. She's worked at a variety of print, digital and broadcast news outlets, most recently at Spectrum News. She's written for both local and state publications on the topics of education, politics and business.
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An ‘Innocent’ Man’s Last Days: Robert Roberson’s Prayers from Death Row
Last Friday, a cloudless, azure sky framed the Allan B. Polunsky prison unit — where 167 men await executions on Texas’ Death Row — as an unlikely group ventured through its doors in the name of salvation. Polunsky is the state’s supermax prison for the most egregious criminal offenders in Texas and, for decades, the […]
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Inside the Battle to Keep Religion Out of Texas Schools
Every few months, as dependable as the scorching Texas heat or as dastardly as the Christmas Grinch, the Freedom from Religion Foundation sends out some small news blip, an outmatched David’s shot across the bow in the Goliathan battle against religion in Texas classrooms. Last month, it took the form of a successful effort to […]