Innocence Project/ Ilana Panich-LinsmanIn a stunning chain of events, a man scheduled for execution was granted an eleventh-hour reprieve by the top court in Texas. But he is not yet out of the woods.
Robert Roberson, 57, was due to be the first American ever put to death over murder charges related to what is known as "shaken baby syndrome".
Set to die by lethal injection on Thursday evening, he was spared – for now – by Texas lawmakers and the state Supreme Court.
What happens next could lead either to a re-scheduled execution or an ultra-rare act of clemency in the state that leads the way for capital punishment in the US.
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