Can someone convicted of a horrific crime ever be redeemed? And can the victims ever truly get justice? Those are some of the questions implicitly posed in the documentary, “I Am Ready, Warden,” about Texas death row inmate John Henry Ramirez’s pursuit of redemption before his execution in 2022. The film was recently named on […]
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Lawmakers Say Roberson Will Testify in Person — Even If Committee Has to Take ‘Field Trip’ to Death Row
As Texas officials reached an impasse, Robert Roberson did not appear before the Texas House on Monday. But he will testify, lawmakers said. Even if they have to drive to death row to make it happen. Roberson, whose execution was delayed last week, was scheduled to testify before the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence […]
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Five Days After His Birthday, Robert Roberson’s Miracle Ended
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 […]
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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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John Grisham, Lawmakers Rally Behind Man Set to Be Executed in ‘Infuriating’ Case
Famed author John Grisham and a bipartisan group of 86 lawmakers think Texas is about to make a big mistake: executing an innocent man. The man in question is Robert Roberson, 57, who has been on death row for allegedly shaking to death his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki, for more than 20 years. But a lot […]