John Grisham and Doug Deason: The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Abbott should grant clemency to Robert Roberson, who is scheduled to die on...
Robert Roberson III, an East Texan who faces execution in the controversial "shaken baby syndrome" case, photographed through plexiglass at Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Polunsky Unit.The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. Greg Abbott routinely consider clemency petitions from condemned prisoners and those petitions are ordinarily denied. But there is nothing ordinary about the clemency request from Robert Roberson, who is scheduled to die on Oct. 17.
We come to this case from different perspectives and different paths. Both of us, however, are united in our profound concern that Texas may execute an innocent man.Roberson’s conviction in Anderson County resulted from two grievous errors.
Today, we know the truth about what likely happened. Robert never harmed his beloved daughter. Nikki died from an accidental short fall in the night as she struggled to breathe due to a severe undiagnosed pneumonia and medications that made her breathing difficulties worse. The tragedy of Nikki’s death has now been compounded by her father’s conviction and death sentence.No one has ever been executed in the U.S.
John Grisham is the best-selling author of more than 50 fiction and nonfiction books. He serves on the board of the Innocence Project. Doug Deason is the president of the Deason Foundation and of Deason Capital Services.
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