Washington, Sept 17, 2024 (AFP) - Author John Grisham joins bid to save Texas death row inmate

NAMPA / AFP
2024-09-18
Lawmakers in Texas, medical experts and the best-selling novelist John Grisham are pushing to save an autistic death row inmate whose daughter died in 2002 in a tragedy blamed on shaken baby syndrome. Robert Roberson, 57, is scheduled to be executed on October 17 for the death of his two-year-old daughter Nikki in 2002. Roberson took the girl to a hospital with severe head trauma and the child died the next day. Lawyers for Roberson filed papers......
Restricted content

Latest NAMPA photos

OUTAPI, 19 September 2024 - The Namibian Police Force in the Omusati Region has confiscated mopane poles that were illegally harvested. (Photo: Contributed)

OUTAPI, 19 September 2024 - The Namibian Police Force in the Omusati Region has confiscated mopane poles that were illegally harvested. (Photo: Contributed)

NAMPA
ONDANGWA, 18 September 2024 - The Namibian Surgical Society annual laparoscopic workshop is underway in Ondangwa. (Photo by: Maria David) NAMPA

ONDANGWA, 18 September 2024 - The Namibian Surgical Society annual laparoscopic workshop is underway in Ondangwa. (Photo by: Maria David) NAMPA

NAMPA
ONGWEDIVA, 18 September 2024 - ALV Consulting Engineers donated N.dollars 50 000 to Lions Football Club on Wednesday. (Photo by: Maria David) NAMPA

ONGWEDIVA, 18 September 2024 - ALV Consulting Engineers donated N.dollars 50 000 to Lions Football Club on Wednesday. (Photo by: Maria David) NAMPA

NAMPA
SWAKOPMUND, 18 September 2024 - (From left) Roads Authority Chief Executive Officer Conrad Lutombi; Erongo RED CEO Tino !Hanabeb;  Erongo Governor Neville Andre Itope and Erongo RED Executive Manager for Network Operations and Maintenance, Nico Niemand photographed along the Swakopmund-Walvis Bay Bridge, where street lights will soon be installed. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 18 September 2024 - (From left) Roads Authority Chief Executive Officer Conrad Lutombi; Erongo RED CEO Tino !Hanabeb; Erongo Governor Neville Andre Itope and Erongo RED Executive Manager for Network Operations and Maintenance, Nico Niemand photographed along the Swakopmund-Walvis Bay Bridge, where street lights will soon be installed. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

NAMPA
SWAKOPMUND, 18 September 2024 - (From left) Erongo RED Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tino !Hanabeb, Road Fund Administration CEO Ali Ipinge and Roads Authority CEO Conrad Lutombi on Wednesday signed a tripartite agreement to install 24 streetlights with stainless steel spigots specifically along the Swakopmund Bridge. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 18 September 2024 - (From left) Erongo RED Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tino !Hanabeb, Road Fund Administration CEO Ali Ipinge and Roads Authority CEO Conrad Lutombi on Wednesday signed a tripartite agreement to install 24 streetlights with stainless steel spigots specifically along the Swakopmund Bridge. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 18 September 2024 - Windhoek Mayor Queen Kamati and Minister of Urban, Erastus Uutoni. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 18 September 2024 - Windhoek Mayor Queen Kamati and Minister of Urban, Erastus Uutoni. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

NAMPA
OSHAKATI, 18 September 2024 - The Oshana Region has launched its Oral Health Week campaign to promote oral health and hygiene in the region. (Photo by: Maria David)NAMPA

OSHAKATI, 18 September 2024 - The Oshana Region has launched its Oral Health Week campaign to promote oral health and hygiene in the region. (Photo by: Maria David)NAMPA

NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 18 September 2024 - All People’s Party president Ambrosius Kumbwa. (Photo by: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 18 September 2024 - All People’s Party president Ambrosius Kumbwa. (Photo by: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

NAMPA