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On Monday, the Texas Attorney General's Office filed a request seeking a new execution date for Roberson. The next day, ...

HOUSTON (AP) — A new execution date has been requested for Robert Roberson, a Texas man who had been set last year to become the first person in the U.S. to be put to death for a murder conviction ...