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HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Robert Roberson, the Texas man set to be executed next month for the death of his infant daughter in 2002, will not seek clemency, his attorney said Wednesday.

Instead, Roberson's defense is asking for a new trial in the case, claiming that new evidence could lead to his exoneration after his conviction based, at least in part, on "junk science."

No clemency for Robert Roberson

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After last year's failed appeal for clemency ahead of Roberson's Oct. 17, 2024, execution date, the convict's team is trying a different tactic.

In a Wednesday statement from Gretchen Sween, Roberson's attorney, the defense now sees clemency as a "grossly inadequate remedy" to the man's conviction, which they consider wrongful.

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