The attorney representing the Texas governor's office filed an amicus brief Monday saying the petition filed by the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence last week regarding the case of death row inmate Robert Roberson should be tossed out.

Robert Roberson, whose execution was postponed last week, has been subpoenaed to appear on Monday before a committee of the State House.

Robert Roberson was scheduled to be executed on Thursday for the murder of his own daughter – but received a last-minute reprieve amid widespread concerns that she died of natural causes

A planned appearance on Monday before the Texas legislature of an autistic man on death row convicted in a problematic "shaken baby" case has been postponed, lawmakers said.His case has drawn the attention of not only Texas lawmakers but also of best-selling American novelist John Grisham,

Robert Roberson is expected to testify before lawmakers in Austin, Texas -- just four days after he had been scheduled to die by lethal injection.

A Texas man whose execution was called off at the last minute is to testify on Monday before state lawmakers looking into his controversial conviction in a "shaken baby syndrome" case. Texas lawmakers have ordered Roberson,