The Texas death row inmate was originally set to testify in Austin shortly after his execution was delayed by a last-minute subpoena.
Robert Roberson ’s supporters in the Texas House negotiated a plan with Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton to hear from the death row inmate at his prison in Huntsville last week, but the plan was blocked at the last minute, according to a new court filing from the lawmakers. The new filing says that “representatives of the executive branch” ultimately nixed the plan. It doesn’t specify who they are, but Abbott heads up the state’s executive branch and Paxton is also a member of it.
Texas GOP lawmakers are at odds over Robert Roberson’s execution. Here’s what to know But Paxton and Abbott’s attorneys fought the appearance, and the committee later agreed to a compromise in which it would visit Roberson in Huntsville and record audio of his official remarks, according to the filing, which was submitted to the Texas Supreme Court by committee chair Joe Moody of El Paso and committee member Jeff Leach of McKinney.
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