DALLAS — Just one week before he was scheduled to be put to death, the Court of Criminal Appeals blocked Robert Roberson’s execution , sending the case back to trial court.

State Representative Lacey Hull, R-District 138 , is part of a group of bipartisan lawmakers who’ve advocated for a new trial and helped to previously delay Roberson’s execution in 2024.

“Obviously, we wish it was sooner, but just so thankful that it happened. Just so thankful,” Rep. Hull told us on Inside Texas Politics.

Roberson was scheduled to be executed in connection with the 2003 conviction for the death of his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, who was diagnosed with shaken baby syndrome. He has claimed his innocence in the two decades since.

Roberson requested a stay of execution under the state’s ju

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