Judge halts killing of Texas death-row prisoner hours before scheduled execution

A judge has temporarily halted the execution of a man on death row in Texas, less than two hours before he was due to be killed by lethal injection.Robert Roberson was convicted of killing his two-year-old daughter more than two decades ago, but his supporters across the US and the lead detective on the case have insisted he is innocent and that the case rested on junk science.A committee of more than 80 Texas lawmakers, including at least 30 Republicans, had asked the parole board and governor to stop the execution and had subpoenaed Roberson to testify next week in a last-ditch effort. A judge in Travis county, Texas, blocked the execution late Thursday afternoon so Roberson could testify. The state attorney general’s office has indicated it would appeal the decision.The case has drawn national outrage as Roberson’s lawyers have insisted that no crime occurred and that medical records show his daughter died of pneumonia that progressed to sepsis.Roberson, 57, brought his…