AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Robert Roberson, a Texas man on death row convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter in 2003, was not in attendance to testify at the Friday hearing of the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee.
It was not a surprise to the lawmakers in attendance after the Texas Attorney General’s Office filed a motion Thursday night to try and block Roberson from being transported to Austin to testify.
The House Committee subpoenaed Roberson on Dec. 10 and compelled the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to transport him to the Capitol building, but the Texas Office of Attorney General filed a protective order in a Polk county district court to block that. The filing argued transporting Roberson to the Capitol would create security risks and said the House Committee did not follow procedural rules to issue the warrant…