The attorney representing the Texas governor's office filed an amicus brief Monday saying the petition filed by the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence last week regarding the case of death row inmate Robert Roberson should be tossed out.

Dr Phil McGraw is testifying at a Texas legislature hearing regarding the case of Robert Roberson, an autistic Texas death row inmate whose life was spared last week after lawmakers subpoenaed him to testify at a hearing on Monday. Roberson has been blocked from appearing at the hearing in-person.

Robert Roberson, whose execution was postponed last week, had been subpoenaed to appear before a committee of the State House. A juror from his trial says she now believes he is innocent.

A planned appearance on Monday before the Texas legislature of an autistic man on death row convicted in a problematic "shaken baby" case has been postponed, lawmakers said.His case has drawn the attention of not only Texas lawmakers but also of best-selling American novelist John Grisham,

TV host Dr. Phil McGraw is advocating for death row inmate Robert Roberson, who was sentenced for killing his 2-year-old daughter Nikki Curtis in 2002. Speaking to lawmakers in the Texas State Capitol in Austin on October 21,

Robert Roberson is expected to testify before lawmakers in Austin, Texas -- just four days after he had been scheduled to die by lethal injection.

A Texas man whose execution was called off at the last minute is to testify on Monday before state lawmakers looking into his controversial conviction in a "shaken baby syndrome" case. Texas lawmakers have ordered Roberson,