Source: NBC 5 News
“Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is breaking his silence about the controversial ‘shaken baby’ capital murder case. The governor spoke briefly but publicly in Dallas for the first time about the halted execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson. At a campaign stop at a restaurant in Preston Hollow, Abbott referred to Monday’s legal filing when asked about the Roberson case. ‘We provided an amicus brief to the Supreme Court, and that’s all we have to say,’ Abbott told reporters. In that amicus brief, Abbott said a state house committee ‘stepped out of line’ by crafting an unprecedented plan to spare Roberson’s life by serving him with a subpoena to appear before the committee Monday. ‘The power to grant clemency in a capital murder case, including a 30-day reprieve, is vested in the governor alone,’ the brief states.” [Editor’s note: Abbott pardoned unrepentant murderer Daniel Perry, but apparently innocent people don’t get his sympathy – TLK] (10/23/24)