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Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas’ highest criminal court on Thursday blocked Robert Roberson’s execution a week before it was set to take …

Days before his execution, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday sent the case of death row inmate Robert Roberson back to his trial court, granting a stay of execution to a man who claims he is innocent in the murder of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis. The order says the court found Roberson’s claim – that he should …