Famed TV personality Dr. Phil McGraw and best-selling author John Grisham joined the fight to save a Texas death row inmate, testifying before lawmakers just days after a last-minute legal intervention halted his execution.
With time running out, Thomas Creech's legal team scrambles to halt a second execution attempt, raising last-minute constitutional challenges after a failed lethal injection in February.
The bipartisan group of lawmakers who helped halt the execution stood by their decision: "We have to make sure this never happens again."
The shocking move by the entire-Republican court bought 57-year-old Robert Roberson more time to plead his case after having spent 20 years on condemned row.
