Texas Defender Service (TDS)

Update on Roberson's innocence case: His attys have filed written arguments & a motion requesting a hearing in the district court; his case was remanded in Oct 2025 to consider whether he deserved relief under Ex parte Roark. Here's the motion:

150 - Motion for In-Person Hearing.pdf

'This “troubling case history…by the same district attorney in the same judicial district” was well known when Mr. Pitchford’s case reached the Mississippi Supreme Court.'

Read more of Equal Justice Initiative's article here:

Supreme Court Rules for Man on Mississippi Death Row in Racial Bias Case The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Terry Pitchford.

Texas banned hypnosis in criminal cases but a man on death row says it helped convict him.

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/testimony-from-witness-that-had-been-hypnotized-helped-send-man-to-death-row-263546949868

Charles Flores sits on death row in Texas, convicted with the help of testimony from a witness that had been hypnotized in the days after her murder. Since then, Texas banned hypnosis in criminal investigations. Flores tells NBC News’ Dan Slepian he’s innocent.

Texas banned hypnosis in criminal cases but a man on death row says it helped convict him Charles Flores sits on death row in Texas, convicted with the help of testimony from a witness that had been hypnotized in the days after her murder. Since then, Texas banned hypnosis in criminal investigations. Flores tells NBC News’ Dan Slepian he’s innocent.