WATCH LIVE: Death row inmate Robert Roberson testifies before Texas House Committee
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- Опубліковано 21 лис 2024
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An East Texas man whose execution was halted after a last-ditch maneuver by lawmakers who believe Robert Roberson did not kill his 2-year-old daughter is expected to testify before a state House panel on Monday, four days after he had been scheduled to die by lethal injection.
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I admire this committee so much! This gives me more hope in our judicial system. I have never believed in the death penalty because just like every profession there are lazy lawyers especially on Pro Bono cases. This case proves that men doesn't always get it right. I loved what Dr. Phil said that you don't see rich men on death row and you very seldom see them in prison. Our jails and prisons are full of people wrongfully sentenced because they couldn't afford the best lawyer. They are also full of people with addiction problems that could be helped if the same amount of money used for incarceration was spent on rehabilitation. I believe we are raising kids who want high paying positions but don't want to work.
And, also plea deals that are taken by innocent people that were to afraid of what else could be done to them if they could be accused falsely.
@@texastreat8721 absolutely!
What on earth does that last sentence have to do with anything you said before that lmao
This is so unbelievable and unfair. Why in the world was this not a mistrial? Please let Mr. Roberson free.
I agree and to add, not just Mr. Roberson there is so many in Texas, and sure other states that aren't just on death roll, that is dealing with taking plea deals, from smaller crimes, they have been accused of from junk science or badly trained officers or other factors and the things these experts have talked about that can't even get looked at from this board, or the innocence project because they aren't big enough, but to those that are innocent it has taken their life away.
I was going to post the same. My thought is this, who was the medical professional that had a bee in her bonnet that she suggested this without checking medical history. I'm a retired nurse. I definitely would of checked.
He should NOT have to go thru another Trial. He should have never been arrested from the beginning.
Absolutely. There shouldn't have been charges in the first place.
he should have been arrested for child abuse at minimum though. There're multiple bruises on that girl's body.
@@MSArtistgallery are you slow? He is a child molester,abuser....MURDERER!
@@waterwong12the bruises weren’t caused by any physical injury
God help those unable to speak up / show in their recollection what the facts really were. Free this man, unjustly imprisoned for decades.
he beat the baby to death, go look at the trial evidence, the shaken baby syndrome debunking is only a small part of the trial.
54:54 - Dr. Phil McGraw, TV Host, Clinical Psychologist & Co-founder of Courtroom Sciences, Inc. (CSI)
2:50:00 - John Grisham, Author
3:10:51 - Terre Compton, Juror in Robert's Trial
3:57:35 - Judge Elsa Alcala
5:20:09 - Donald Salzman, Attorney
6:31:30 - Katherine Judson, Executive Director of the Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences
7:30:30 - Dr. Natalie Montfort, Clinical Psychologist & Autism Expert
8:06:12 - Gretchen Sween, Attorney
Wow, I watched recently video. DR. PHIL and Terry was so powerful and truth! I agreed with John G. It needs fix the right way for court, hospital and Texas community to make sure 💯 protect your family and child and people was innocent.
@MissMars902 > Thank you so much. I'm sure many of us find your timestamping layout very useful and simply assume you know it.
So I thought at least a few of us should make sure you were well thanked for taking the time to do it. 😊
So which part does the death row inmate testify at? Or does the title lie to us?
🙏🏼Thank you so much!
@@devenbergeron155CLICKBAIT! Near the beginning of the video one of the men stated he would not be testifying here today.
I’m not from Texas, I’m in NY.. but I agree with Dr Phil when he said he deserves the best council, an advocate on his behalf due to being on the spectrum and a company like CSI. And imo when you have pro bono council.. there should be repercussions for them not being effective in any state, as well as Prosecutors not just in Tx.. especially when it’s a death penalty case.
Normally, I don't agree with anything anyone from NYC has to offer considering it's a lawless state and a criminals paradise. However, I'm a DP supporter here in Texas, and after watching Dr. Phil and doing my own research. I agree. He definitely needs a stay of execution and a new trial. Texas got this one wrong. The jury went with what was given to them.
@@ToniOrro .. I’m not in NYC.. I’m in Buffalo, NY. 😁. I had to find the previous committee meeting, and found it on the Texas house of Reps. That new prosecutor, and what Brian Harrison and Rep. Leech (sp) said to her, good for them! Do you know how many days she was in office before she set his execution date?
There are dirty politics in every state, the majority you don’t hear, but wow-o-wow..
I have a couple questions.. maybe you can answer.. 1) how did this case come before them? and 2) how was it they were able to subpoena his stay, but the attorneys from the innocent office couldn’t? I’ve tried to find articles but wasn’t able to.
@@ToniOrro sorry, I do have 1 more question.. there are a few empty seats at that bench, is it those people who don’t agree with the actions being brought up?
@TrishVJIMINJK Yes, there is much corruption right here in Texas; multiple current attempts at land grabs is just one example. Citizens who have owned land here in the Dallas FW area may be forced off their land. Another example is people walking into smoke shops to purchase Delta 8 & Delta 9 products, and then stopped by LE & charged with felony THC possession that is taken off their record after a large amount of money has been spent.
@@TrishVJIMINJKI wonder why the ACLU didn't come in on it?
Listening to the jurors testimony will make you feel so bad for the baby not getting the Dr care she needed and the father that trusted their diagnosis. Not sure who is more uneducated and unaware that this baby may have had a better life if Drs had been aware of how sick that little girl was. Was the hospital and not trained about this childs sickness? Did the prosecutor care about this poor little girl being gravely ill and the father that was doing everything he knew to care for her?
he beat the baby and took it to hospital, same as chris gregor trial.
@@tcttvradio proof and evidence please.
I've looked over the case and I cannot find one shred of anything to show he beat the baby, outside of the meds swelling her bleed to that point and the care she did and didn't receive impacting her and her death.
The obvious answer being NO.. I'll add that Attorney General & Prosecutors have lost all decency lately in public opinion. The more I see, the more I wonder if those positions are just sicko 🧲 magnets!
@tcttvradio Either you watched none of this AND are a natural born POS or you are a Troll. Either way, you are irrelevant.
GOODBYE
@@gabriellemeadows1675 trial casetext says: The victim was found to have a bruise on the back of her shoulder, a scraped elbow, a bruise over her right eyebrow, bruises on her chin, a bruise on her left cheek, an abrasion next to her left eye, multiple bruises on the back of her head, a torn frenulum in her mouth, bruising on the inner surface of the lower lip, subscapular and subgaleal hemorrhaging between her skin and her skull, ubarachnoid bleeding, subdural hematoma, both pre-retinal and retinal hemorrhages, and brain edema.
A man got 3 years prison for shaken baby syndrome in Australia. Rob was assumed guilty of the exact same crime and got DEATH. He is innocent but even if he wasn't, a death sentence is excessive
he is not innocent, he was convicted of the abuse as well as the debunked shaken baby syndrome, they proved in trial that the child died of blunt force trauma not shaken baby syndrome. The baby was beaten to death and taken to hospital the same as the chis gregor trial.
Some one got 3 years for shaking a baby... iam lost
If you shake a baby to death in my opinion the death penalty is appropriate but you need to have hard evidence of that
@@Shannon-nx5mz Ive just done a video on my channel listing 8 different testimonies during the trial including the sexual battery of the child which actually killed nikki, the beatings and the shaking. It was all covered in trial.
Must have been a LONG time ago?!? Cant find a sentence less than 8yrs for at least the last 15 yrs!
It is such a gross injustice for a person to lose their liberty and then their life over a wrongful conviction, that in a death penalty case, it should not be "beyond a reasonable doubt," it should be "beyond a shadow of a doubt."
he did it, it just wasnt shaken baby syndrome, it was outright abuse, he beat that baby to death.
@@tcttvradiothats not what I got from this, how did you get that?
@@texastreat8721 I completely agree with you, 💯.
@@tcttvradio no he evidently did not. Did you even watch the testimony of the pros?
@@magentared5822 then you ignored ALL the evidence.
Let this man go 27 years is enough punishment for having done nothing wrong. The prosecution should be fired.
Justice matters
This woman drove 487 miles to defend this guy and she has an 86 year old sick husband and 4 young grandkids to raise. She is a saint. Wow! Wish she had a place to send her financial help.
This is crazy! It makes me extremely happy that this committee is actually trying to change unjust laws and make our country more about justice & the truth then a win.. Much appreciated... #RichardAllen #delphi #delphiindiana #indiana
The laws are one sided. From the start and incompetent law enforcement officers,, that goes up to the top.
Poor guy. Let him out already. For the love of God. Set him free
Isn't it barbaric to still give death sentences to any human being in this day and age
We don't live in the dark ages..
Your system in America is appalling..
There is no eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth scenario as your government seems to see fit to bestow on one who has committed a crime .
Mercy and forgiveness...
Not watching someone die alone in pain with poison flowing through their veins until they are no more..
Shame on you!!!
They do not have to prove innocence- prosecution has to prove guilt
@@FaithBurger and apparently the prosecutor doesn’t know anything by her testimony! Representative Leach.. hit the nail on the head when he said you should have known the facts prior to giving him an execution date.
Freedom this poor man now!!
The Texas AG should be investigated and prosecuted for crimes against humanity.
It was the previous prosecuting attorney that did all this to Robert. Even the current prosecutor is extremely unlikely by the community.
Texas is not just another Massachusetts, Georgia etc.
The simple issue of evidence not being presented to juries by actions of lawyers and judges is flawed.
Well said Dr Phil ❤
This video title is misleading because in the 10 hours of this hearing, Roberson never appeared!!
The hearing ended with the chairman stated that a personal hearing in the prison will be considered.
@@israel.kotigaro1949 they weren’t aware until right before the committee opened up that the attorney general was not allowing him to come.
Prosecutors just have to put on the wall there wins . Look attorneys this is not a game . When you discover the defendant is not guilty reveal it. Bring in a nurse that has no credentials. Don’t reveal the fact that this 2 year old was medicated with drugs that a small 2 year old should not be taken. The prosecutor purposely does not disclose all the health issues in this child to the jury. Why , to win a guilty verdict. This man was in prison for 27 years and in isolation 23 hrs a day . wtf. Thank the committee for their effort to right this verdict.please release this man.
He's Already given 2 decades of his life. They owe him advocacy transition support so he can make it in society
Poor man😢..He will be freed from prison without a doubt.Hope he gets all the help he needs. Live your life to the full Robert,when you are able.God bless❤
I don't know about that. This is Texas. They would rather execute him than set him free.
If the science is proven to be faulty, why are they not automatically given a new trial???
Because it's Texas. They can't even or refuse to interpret their own laws the way they were written to be.
Edit your heading he never testified on this video
Now we should try all the cases this judge has ruled
Prison is just a facility to house and dehumanize those who really just need some help mentally. They either landed there because of mentality issues or misguidance, or they were wrongly convinced.
Manipulated by laws and crooked men and women. Who are refusing to admit they're wrong (or have flaws).
Though you are correct in a small number of cases, on the whole you're wrong. This is evidenced by the fact that you haven't opened up your home to a released inmate to stay at while re-adjusting to life on the outside and finding a job. Infect, I would think you would even oppose a halfway house in your neighborhood.
Why is it so hard, to set him free! He has been tortured for years! You know you all will have to pay for wrong decisions of this man! Set him free, no more trials!!!🙏🏻
Anyone know on when we get to hear more about this case?
I feel so bad for him he wasted 22 year and for nothing makes me so mad they could do something like that. Let him go home
We need to show Justice for that little girl by convicting her father wrongfully. Remember she's looking down from heaven watching what's happened to her father
the state prosecutor tainted the jury!
If he did it would be near impossible to hear him. Audio seems low.
Why don’t go back and hear the recording the judge fail him and the da
It’s both tragic and infuriating to me the grave injustices that have been perpetrated against this autistic, grieving father for over 20 years. Our judicial system is so highly flawed, due largely imho, due to the fact that most of the accused are impoverished and rely upon the overworked public defenders office; they just have time to make plea deals and that’s about it. There are thousands imprisoned that are innocent; their only crime is that they cannot afford effective legal counsel. And lack of education and training, both as well to, diagnosis’s of people with developmental and or cognitive disabilities. It causes me, a parent of multiple adult children with ASD diagnosis, paralyzing anxiety and fear of them living independently as adults in a world that doesn’t understand them and judges EVERYONE immediately.
I am in the same boat. I have a 19 yr old son and it terrifieds me.
@@M11969 I want my children to have as typical and independent lives as possible, however, things like this, police brutality and killings, and people whom will abuse and take advantage of my children, make me terrified to have them live anywhere other than with me. The education and training in both the criminal/law enforcement and judicial systems are seriously lacking and so far behind society’s needs. Autism Speaks says that 1 in 36 children are diagnosed with ASD. That’s a huge, and climbing every year, statistic that every public servant, and citizen, should have to be trained and educated on, or our country is going to be facing huge discriminatory lawsuits for those individuals they violate (knowingly or not) imho.
Prosecutors should NOT be permitted to use emotional manipulation to manipulate the juror’s decision. Way to often they do and we cannot rely on 12 jurors to be able to differentiate facts from emotions . Stop the BS and make it law.
Where can I find the 1st interviews?
I hope they listen to Dr Phil don't kill an innocent man much alone any man or to me you're just as bad as that man😢
Texas likes to do that.
Thank you. Watching from Alaska. 🤔
90% of these people commenting would have convicted him if they were a juror. Why? Because we have permitted prosecutors to WRONGFULLY manipulate the emotions of them without solid facts. STOP it and change some laws so we’re no here on 30 years over another wrongfully convicted person
I agree. Confirmation bias mirrors selective listening. But, litigation bias tops the chart. Talk about prejudicing juries... it's out of control in the U.S. I am SO HAPPY to see committees, such as this one, FINALLY stepping up and DOING something. I really appreciate and have new RESPECT for this committee right here! THANK YOU for stepping in and hearing this case. May you hear many more. I, however, must say, i would have SO MUCH MORE RESPECT for our judicial system, if those involved in courtrooms where people are "tried" and their life is determined for them... MEANING lawyers and judges, ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE for miscarriages of justice. In Roberts case, do you not think the judge was aware of his INEFFECTIVE counsel? Of course they were. Public Pretenders should be FORCED to take their tax paying jobs extremely seriously. Every citizen here is aware that Public Pretenders tend to be newly graduate law students (getting practice) or just typical underachievers. ACCOUNTABILITY NEEDS to be enforced for these people, including prosecutors. The ability or inability to pay extremely high prices for legal assistance shouldn't take away someones constitutional rights just because they can't afford their "rights". It ALL starts with LE, coroners, pathologists (clinical, anatomical and forensic), then the prosecution and defense "attorneys" and finally the judge. Juries cannot be held accountable bc they only make decisions on WHAT IS PRESENTED to them, as instructed. THINGS MUST CHANGE IMMEDIATELY. TY.
Things need to dramatically change when prosecutors argue their case in front on jurors! We are dealing with 12 individuals that may or may not have critical thinking skills determining a persons conviction. EVERYTHING they present must be factual. They present the trial as if you’re guilty before proving your innocence and it should be the OTHER way around. It’s way too lose
I, personally, believe it happens bc attorneys have NO oversight to answer to. They should have committees review their work, like most other tax paying positions. Public Pretenders use their jobs mostly as "stepping" stones, getting from one place to another only awaiting for a paycheck. If and when, they move on, do they actually buckle down and WORK for their clients (and most of the public is well aware, finding an attorney that actually cares to fight for a client, is VERY far and FEW between). They simply don't have to answer to anyone...just collect the money. The entire system is AWFUL, in my opinion.
The holdback in letting him free is the many millions Texas will have to pay him.
I wonder when we'll hear "Alford plea" so he isn't compensated for losing 22 years and almost his right to live? Texas, do right and release him, compensate him and bring justice to those who chose to pursue this at all costs (even a mans life) Include every Judge who refused to see the truth in the last 22 years vs saying his colleagues were wrong. I'll bet money every conversation was "think of the millions its going to cost Texas", we can't admit we are wrong.
@@pattistroup933 your probably right.
Agree. Of course. They're liars. They should never have been given a law license.
If not mistaken, prisons receive funds according to number of prisoners they hold. One reason not to have private ones.
Because.. government does such a wonderful job being cost efficient, well administered and making decisions wisely?
It's not as if the US Gov pays more for anything than even we do. Right? I mean, being the largest consumer in the world, they must get enormous discount prices right?
@@jjarvis7345 In Texas they bring in Haitians to work the prison, cheaper labor too.
Alright, I understand this baby was, in general, not well. How though, if father didn't do anything, had the baby sustained those brain injuries? Edit: I wrote my first comment right at the beginning of the video. I'm a pediatric medical professional, and by knowing what medications the baby girl received, I absolutely changed my mind! I honestly think Robert is innocent and should walk as a free man. First of all, the baby had one single injury, and not multiple as earlier stated by the State. That injury she most likely sustained by the fall from her bed. Everything else was caused by the medication Phenergan, it is known to cause such side effects in young children. It is horrible to think that this poor man is sitting in jail innocent all this time!
Medical measures taken to save her life, releasing pressure from her brain, medical mechanics that kept her alive. She did not come to the hospital with those injuries. Dr. Phil explained, after thorough review of the trial transcript with his team and his CSi company, there was only a small injury to her head from the fall off the bed.
Yes, and I just heard today that other treatments caused the bleeding in the brain, (was used to increase blood flow), but that it wasn’t as widespread as the trial stated, but only in a certain area of the brain; consistent with a fall.
Thank you for your edited comments.
Just what we need, a doctor giving an opinion without looking at the full picture. I'm worried for your patients.
@martianvideo you should look into the medical reports before giving your 2 cents!
1st Interview.. For anyone reading this.. I went to the Texas House of Reps, then to live broadcasts, at the bottom of the page is 88th session 2023-2024. They were both in October, and you have to choose committee on criminal jurisprudence. Much better video quality, no ads .. I’d give you the dates but I just started the 2nd session. And let me tell you, the first meeting.. will have you shaking your head and screaming. The newly selected Prosecutor.. wow!!
Click bate, he never showed up
Only because Paxton wouldn't allow him.
Thankyou for saving me the time only to watch this misleading headline!
Bait, not bate.
Bait is spelled bait. Not Bate. Your welcome.
Ken Paxton is butt-hurt and didn’t allow Robert to come in person because of “security reasons”.
I need this attorney bigly.
I am full of admiration for the work of this Committee on Jurisprudence under the calm, unbiased chairmanship of Mr Joe Moody, whose leadership sets the tone of fairness and open-mindedness for those who have been unfairly tried and convicted. The blatant ignoring of crucial evidence presented to the Jury in the Robert Roberson case leaves one doubting the Judicial System's honest quest to reveal the truth rather than seek justice at any cost. Thank heavens for men like Joe Moody and the members of his Committee.
justice for Robert Roberson✊
After listeninh to this and Dr. Phil's important analysis, Robert Roberson should be declared innocent. Cannot believe he was on feath row. Thank you Project Innocence ❤
It's a shame. Too many people going to court and that the DOJ is overloaded, which leads to mis-judgment
Have to thank this committee for putting forth the effort to give this guy a fair chance at life.
In this case it has to do with the illnesses of the child prior to being admitted in the hospital and the medication the hospital administered. It has NOTHING to do with shaken baby syndrome!
God Bless You Robert. Hope this wake up the system to check out better now on. Investigate better the crimes
This a real miscarriage of justice. I have worked with people with mental disabilities for many years and find that for a court try such individuals as 'normal' is grossly unfair to them. And even after Robert was diagnosed with autism and new evidence came to light, he was still denied a retrial. Why? Because after having personally witnessed with a motor vehicle accident I was involved in, how lawyers' egos come into play with cases, prosecusion was not going to admit that they got it wrong. When I attended the 1999 Special Olympics World Games in North Carolina as a coach, the week preceding the games I was a guest of the city of High Point. I witnessed first hand how American society embraced and integrated people with disabilities in placess of work and in city councils. Michael Jordon was the Games representative. Eunice Kenedy Shriver was the founder of Special Olympics. Many celebrities, musicians, actors and sportsmen and women are always involved in S.O and get behind charities for S.O. So there is a great awareness of people with disabilities in every state. How they got this one wrong to have a disabled man sent to death row simply leaves me gobsmacked and angry! What a shame!
Who or what is he looking up at ?
The monitor.
He's looking up to the screen on the wall. Talking to the zoom.
Did Robert testify?
My prayers are going up for this group of lawmakers and defense attorneys and witnesses. Thank you for your determination to free this man. The evidence is so important that this man is innocent. I will also be praying for the Supreme Court and Governor Abbot. May the Lord touch the hearts of each person who needs to correct this wrong, with pride and honor, do it. Make it right, please make it right.
Sounds like they just wanted her organs.
Look at all of these liars that led to this horrendous outcome.
RIP Nicky and may Robert be vindicated and any surviving liars in this trial jailed.
This is sad, unfair cause this man through enough but how bad some states are they dont do justice to some people. They just dont do their jobs right. God help all these Evil People
Still they dont seem to be able to do anything I thought this panel could stop all this
Who and why is this woman talking about other cases and not the one in question for this man to be exonerated for this so-called crime? She's just a big windbag of nothing about this man's case!
She's making suggestions and presenting examples of cases that are like Roberson's. These examples is what she hopes can happen. She is not part of the current court overseeing Mr. Roberson's case. She is retired(after serving 7years) and was invited/supoened just like Dr. Phil and John Grisham were, to give their opinion (because of their backgrounds).
Were is Robert?
In his cell. Attorney General Paxton determined Mr. Roberson was too dangerous to allow him in court.
@@jeanie8831i don't think it was just Paxton.
There are very strict rules and precautions to allow an inmate housed on death row to be transported anyplace. These rules are in general rules and have very little to do with any given individual inmate's personality. However for medical appoints that are necessary to be carried out someplace other than the prison and their court appearances, even if extreme security precautions are needed, will be taken to those appointments. I suspect the reason Roberson isn't at this hearing of evidence is because breaches of justice are an embarrassment to judges and politicians whose well paid positions rely on the vote of the people.
Update in this ! Was he set free 🙏
It sounds like they killed her.
Why is Dr Phil there?!
Did you listen?
Seems the defence was working with the prosecution
with god help i hope he goes free poor guy
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Fake news not having comments on another story.
Was not wrongfully convictes, stop ptotecting a child killer
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I'm praying for this little baby's soul.and I am praying for all the stupid people who pull for monsters like Robert Roberson.
How can you say that if he didn't even get a fair trial? Stupid remark.
@@texastreat8721 he got his day in court.he got 22 free years of room and board.he got a stay of execution.WHAT DID THAT POOR DEAD BABY GET?
@@texastreat8721 WOULD YOU LET HIM BABYSIT YOUR BABY GIRL?
@@texastreat8721 He got a fair trial.read the autopsy report of the poor dead baby girl who was beaten and raped STUPID
@@RonaldHolland-v6ythe poor dead baby didn't get adequate and life saving medical care. Did you catch the point that in her 23 months and some days of life she had been treated some 48 times for some very concerning and persistent medical issues? Did you miss the point that Roberson was awarded custody of his daughter 3 months prior to death? How did you miss the point that this little girl had respiratory distresss and loss of consciousness while in the care of other people?
Hopefully there are people are willing to pray for you.
I really don’t care if they put him to death or not as long as they don’t release him
What an ironic thing to say.
So, ... (presuming) this guy is innocent, and has already spent decades in prison, you'd rather see him spend the rest of his life in prison, (falsely accused) than to be set free? Heart of stone!
Why? For what? WHO ARE YOU???
Did you know him personally?
Have some other issue with him?
Perhaps he's an ex boyfriend that dumped you 35 years ago?
Please do explain your (seemingly heartless) answer so that we may all understand.
If anything, (presuming he's innocent) there is no amount of money in the world that can give back to that man what was taken from him!
Now we should try all the cases this judge has ruled
I wonder what happened to the prosecutor of Roberson's trial.
@@jeanie8831True 😕😟🥹❣️