NEW FILING: Citing overwhelming evidence of innocence in wrongful “shaken baby” case, #RobertRoberson asks 5th circuit to authorize new federal habeas petition. Roberson is scheduled to be executed on Oct. 16 for a crime that never occurred. More here: tinyurl.com/am25pha8
Lester Holt investigates the urgent case of #RobertRoberson — an innocent Texas father facing execution Oct. 16 for a crime that never happened. Listen to new NBC Dateline podcast trailer here: www.nbcnews.com/thelastappeal
New: Autism experts urge TX authorities to stop #RobertRoberson’s Oct. 16 execution for wrongful “shaken baby” conviction. Roberson’s autism contributed to rush to judgment against him in innocence case where no crime occurred. Read more here: tinyurl.com/6akydckw
Exonerees urge relief for #RobertRoberson, an innocent father scheduled for execution Oct. 16 based on discredited “shaken baby” conviction. Watch here: youtu.be/wwwLqIZ1_NU
Just In: Exonerated individuals release letter urging relief for #RobertRoberson, an innocent father scheduled for execution on Oct. 16 based on discredited “shaken baby” conviction. Read more here: tinyurl.com/25kabxw9
BREAKING ATTORNEY STATEMENT: Today, a group of 10 Arkansas death row prisoners filed a lawsuit to block unconstitutional new law allowing nitrogen gas executions. Read more here: tinyurl.com/yufxrvvp
Atty Stmt re: the execution of #ByronBlack: “Today, the State of Tennessee killed a gentle, kind, fragile, intellectually disabled man in violation of the laws of our country simply because they could.” Read more here: tinyurl.com/bdhnc6de
BRKG ATTORNEY STATEMENT: #SCOTUS denies stay to #ByronBlack, scheduled to be executed tomorrow in TN despite undisputed intellectual disability and risk of torturous death as defibrillator shocks him during execution. More here: tinyurl.com/xdr523jt
BRKG: #ByronBlack asks TN Supreme Court to stay his execution to prevent gruesome death as his implanted defibrillator repeatedly shocks him to restart his heart during execution. Read more here incl. statement from attorney: tinyurl.com/3kv8z6yf
Facing execution next week in TN, #ByronBlack asks SCOTUS to stay execution based on his undisputed intellectual disability. Read more here: tinyurl.com/mvmfh3d9
New: #RobertRoberson, facing execution for a crime that never occurred, asks TX CCA to stay his Oct. 16 execution in “shaken baby syndrome” innocence case. Read more here: tinyurl.com/26d72apc
Clemency petition filed today for #RalphMenzies citing worsening dementia, failing health, and proceedings so flawed presiding judge no longer stands by death sentence. Execution set for September 5 in Utah. More here: tinyurl.com/sa5b48z3
BREAKING ATTY STMT: Despite overwhelming evidence proving that #RobertRoberson is innocent in TX “shaken baby” case, court schedules execution for October 16, 2025. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4mbfe6rx
New Filing: #ByronBlack asks Governor Lee to commute death sentence to LWOP based on his intellectual disability before Aug. 5 scheduled execution. Black would be the first person with an intellectual disability executed in TN in the modern era. More here: tinyurl.com/4vnksm7y
BRKG ATTY STMT: Utah court sets September 5th execution date for #RalphMenzies, a wheelchair-bound man on oxygen with severe dementia that has stripped him of any rational understanding of why the State of Utah seeks to execute him. More here: tinyurl.com/mw6e2cpj
Just In: Attys for #RalphMenzies file new competency petition citing dramatic cognitive & physical deterioration since evaluations relied upon by the court. On UT death row, Menzies has dementia, is wheelchair-bound, & needs oxygen. More here: tinyurl.com/2nt8a5v7
New Filing: #ByronBlack seeks preliminary injunction to ensure implanted defibrillator cannot restart his heart during execution causing torturous death. Execution set for Aug. 5 despite State’s recognition of Black’s intellectual disability. More here: tinyurl.com/2s49rxfh
BREAKING ATTY STMT: SCOTUS rules 6-3 that TX death row prisoner #RubenGutierrez has standing to challenge the constitutionality of Texas post-conviction DNA statute. Read more here: tinyurl.com/37h396xc
New Filing: #ByronBlack asks TN Supreme Court to order lower court to consider whether he is incompetent to be executed. Execution set for August 5 despite Black’s intellectual disability, dementia, and brain damage. Read more here: tinyurl.com/4x7skp2b
BRKG ATTY STMT: Attorneys file an objection to TX AG’s request to schedule an execution date for #RobertRoberson, an innocent man wrongfully convicted of causing the tragic death of his chronically ill daughter. More here: tinyurl.com/ykchznfb
