PALESTINE, Texas — There is still no sign that state leaders or the courts will halt Thursday’s execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson despite a growing chorus of voices demanding that they intervene and stop it. Tuesday, an Anderson County District Court rejected Robert Roberson’s motion to stop the execution warrant, and in less than 48 hours, the 57-year-old is scheduled to die in Huntsville for the 2002 murder of his 2-year-old daughter. Roberson could become the first person executed in the U.S. for a murder conviction tied to shaken baby syndrome. A demonstration outside the courthouse in Palestine Tuesday where Roberson…
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