Source: Washington Post
by John Grisham
“Before it’s too late, say a prayer for Robert Roberson. Barring a miracle, he will be killed on Thursday in the death chamber at Texas’s Huntsville Prison. Roberson has spent the past 22 years on death row for a crime that perhaps never occurred …. A bipartisan majority of the Texas House — 86 lawmakers — urged the state to grant him clemency. The detective who investigated the death of Roberson’s daughter, Nikki, now lobbies for his release. And Roberson’s legal team has assembled a group of experts … who contend that his conviction was based on the since-refuted application of ‘shaken baby syndrome’ theory. All agree that his daughter probably died of viral pneumonia, not physical abuse. The evidence is assembled and available to the Texas authorities, but no one with the power to stop Roberson’s execution is paying attention.” (10/15/24)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/15/john-grisham-texas-death-penalty-robert-roberson/