The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the execution of Robert Roberson Thursday morning.
The order was issued one week before Roberson’s execution was scheduled at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville. Roberson was sentenced to death after he was convicted of capital murder in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter Nikki.
Roberson’s defense contends that he has spent 22 years on death row as an innocent man…