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A Texas man faces execution Thursday for killing his girlfriend's 13-month-old daughter during a torturous ordeal the couple said was part of an "exorcism" to expel a demon from the child's body.

Robert Roberson, a Texas death row inmate, will not seek clemency before his Oct. 16 execution. His legal team is instead seeking a new trial, claiming his conviction was based on "junk science." ...

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A Texas man faces execution Thursday for killing his girlfriend’s 13-month-old daughter during a torturous ordeal the couple said was part of an “exorcism” to expel a demon from the child’s body.

Robert Roberson listens as his lawyers plead his case on July 16, 2025. A new execution date of Oct. 16, 2025 was set by presiding Judge Austin Jackson of Smith County at the Anderson County ...

"Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson will not seek clemency ahead of October execution" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — ...