Tag: criminal
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Texas court halts execution of man in ‘shaken baby’ death case
A Texas man scheduled to be put to death next week for murdering his 2-year-old daughter has been granted a stay of execution after his lawyers argued his conviction stemmed from “junk science” about shaken baby syndrome. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday halted the planned June 21 execution of Robert Roberson and…
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Texas executes man who killed city inspector in 2005
Texas on Tuesday executed a convicted killer who repeatedly shot a city code officer inspecting piles of garbage at the death row inmate's former home, a department of criminal justice official said. Adam Ward, 33, was pronounced dead at 6:34 p.m. after receiving a lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville. The execution…