Execution of Texas man in shaken baby syndrome case can continue, Supreme Court rules

The lethal injection of Robert Roberson, who has long denied killing his two-year-old daughter, is likely to proceed

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a legislative subpoena cannot be used to stop an execution after Republican and Democratic lawmakers used the novel maneuver to pause Robert Roberson’s lethal injection at the last minute.

The ruling addressed a subpoena issued for Roberson by the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee last month that was seen as a way to delay his execution.