Entries tagged with “Brian Wharton”
Oct 07, 2025
New Evidence Revealed in “Dateline” Podcast Points to Judicial Misconduct in Robert Roberson’s Case Just Days Ahead of Execution
**October 9, 2025 UPDATE****: On October 9, 2025, just a week before his scheduled execution, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) granted** **Robert Roberson** **a stay of execution and remanded his case to the district court for further consideration of his request for relief based upon relief offered in a similar case,** ***Ex parte Roark******.*** **Like Mr. Roberson’s case,** ***Ex parte Roark*****, also involved a conviction based the now discredited“Shaken…
Oct 16, 2024
Judge Denies Request to Vacate Oct. 17th Execution Date for Robert Roberson: He Now Awaits Clemency Decision from Gov. Abbott
Robert Roberson with daughter Nikki. Courtesy of the…
Issues
Victims' Families
,Aug 12, 2024
New York Times Video Op-eds Highlight Systemic Flaws in the Capital Punishment System, Including Mistakes from Junk Science and Lack of Closure for Victims’ Families
In the second and third videos of The New York Times’ three-part series,“The Fallibility of Justice,” Brett Malone, whose mother’s killer remains on Louisiana death row, and Texas death-sentenced prisoner Charles Don Flores provide their perspectives on capital punishment. The New York Times has consistently called for abolition of the death penalty, describing it as“full of bias and error, morally abhorrent, [and] futile in deterring…
Research
New Voices
,May 24, 2024
Article of Interest: Retired Supervising Detective Says There Was No Crime in Robert Roberson’s Case
Robert Roberson with daughter Nikki. Courtesy of the…