Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Chair Joe Moody, D-El Paso, and Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, orchestrated an unprecedented legislative maneuver that temporarily spared the life of death row inmate Robert Roberson just before he was scheduled to be executed.
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Join us at 9 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6, for a conversation with Moody and Leach about their efforts to permanently avoid Roberson’s execution and their concerns about the science behind the shaken baby syndrome diagnosis that prompted a jury to sentence him to death.
Join us at 9 a.m. Dec. 6, at the Tribune's Studio 919 and online.Â
Moderating the conversation is Tribune general assignments reporter Kayla Guo, who has extensively covered the legislative and legal battles stemming from Roberson's scheduled execution.
Doors will open at 8:30 a.m. and the hourlong conversation will begin at 9 a.m.
Parking is not provided.
Complimentary coffee will be available.
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This in-person event will be live streamed for virtual attendees and will be available to watch on demand at texastribune.org/events.
Email us at events@texastribune.org
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Kayla Guo is an Austin-based general assignment reporter. She previously covered the U.S. Congress for The New York Times as a reporting fellow based in Washington, D.C. Kayla has also covered transportation policy for Politico and local news for The Raleigh News & Observer, and she was a part-time digital producer for The Boston Globe. She graduated in 2022 from Brown University, where she studied public policy and served as editor-in-chief and president of the independent student newspaper. She was born and raised on Long Island, New York.
