Daily Dispatch 10/17/24: Texas Hours From Executing An Innocent Man, and More
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Stories we're following this morning at Progress Texas:
Texas is now hours from executing a man who experts - and his own prosecutors - agree was convicted on junk science. The bipartisan Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence has issued a subpoena for Roberson to testify before them at a date beyond his scheduled execution: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/17/texas-execution-robert-roberson-subpoena/
...The state, for over a decade, has ignored a 2013 law that allows convictions based upon undermined science to be re-tried: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/17/robert-roberson-texas-execution-shaken-baby-syndrome
Starting November 1, Texas hospitals are under orders to ask arriving patients about their citizenship status - but those patients are not compelled to answer: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/17/texas-undocumented-immigrants-hospitals-greg-abbott/
Over less than the first 24 hours following his Tuesday night debate against Ted Cruz, Colin Allred pulled in over $1 million in donations: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/10/16/colin-allred-says-his-campaign-raised-1-million-after-his-fiery-debate-with-ted-cruz/
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