Author: Erik Ortiz and Dan Slepian and Kim Cornett

A legal showdown in Texas has put the execution of Robert Roberson, the first person in the nation to be executed for a “shaken baby” death, in limbo. Despite being scheduled for lethal injection on Thursday evening, the execution was temporarily halted by a judge’s injunction. State lawmakers issued a subpoena for Roberson to testify at a hearing next week, leading to the Attorney General’s quick appeal. The U.S. Supreme Court also denied a stay of execution, leaving the decision to the governor. Roberson, who maintains his innocence in his daughter’s death in 2002, has received support from a bipartisan…