John Grisham Still Wonders: Will Texas Kill Robert Roberson?
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John Grisham expresses concern over the potential execution of Robert Roberson in Texas, sparking a discussion about the state's justice system and capital punishment, with commenters criticizing Texas's approach to the death penalty.
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+ Went to jail for abusing his kids and wife
+ Got out, was arrested for beating his pregnant wife again
+ Got charged again for beating a kid
+ Showed up at a hospital with a dead kid claiming she fell to death from a bed
The kid who died had detached retinas, bruises and scrapes all over her shoulders and heads, and died of a hit to the head so severe her brain swelled.
The defense and Innonce Projects claim is that this could have been caused by.. the hospital giving aid.
And every court has ruled that this defense is entirely unreasonable and unlikely.
The girl was TWO YEARS old. She was beaten black and blue. She had a history of being beaten black and blue by a man who had a history of beating people.
Sorry, he is no longer fit to live in civilized society. His fellow citizens request he be removed before he can beat yet another person.
We really aren't debating the finer points of shaken baby syndrome. The girl was a toddler.
Two year olds don't die from falling out of bed. Not with detached retinas, scrapes on their shoulders and so on.
> Got out, was arrested for beating his pregnant wife again
> Got charged again for beating a kid
This, as best as I can tell, is false. There was testimony from his ex-wife about violence during his murder trial, which is very different from your claims. His prior convictions were for writing bad checks and burglary; the sources I have read claim he has no violence in his prior criminal history.
Can you please substantiate what you are saying with a reliable source? Alternatively, can you retract the apparent falsehoods you're saying here?
(Not going to rebut the later stuff, which indeed are the facts in question on appeal).
You only have to create the element of doubt for this man to not be charged. There is no doubt here.
A respondee, a man, maybe in his 40s, cowboy hat, used jeans, you know, clearly like fairly legit farm worker, rancher, something along those lines, stands up after he's called and goes "No, sir, I believe that child abusers should be hung from the neck until dead." Sits down.
If you are going to commit crime, Texas is the wrong place to do it.
You stated he was convicted for abusing his kids and wife repeatedly. It appears this never happened. Now you have a new set of assertions to refute. Either support or disavow your original words. Kthx.
That can be achieved without barbarically ending his life.
If all the other things are true, none relate to murder, but shows the guy does belong in prison or a mental ward.
So, the argument should be "did he shake is daughter and did that kill the child". I cannot answer that question, but without a 100% true answer I think they should at least delay it or change it to life. You know, the whole "reasonable doubt thing". Seems many experts do have doubt, so...