Monday’s hearing will be open to the public, presenting logistical challenges with a high-security inmate and expected crowds of journalists, spectators

Robert Roberson will testify before the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence of the Texas House of Representatives.

It could buy Roberson — who was set to become the first American executed for a conviction involving "shaken baby" syndrome at 6 p.m. Thursday — weeks or months to live as court proceedings continue to play out.