Roberson’s attorney, Gretchen Sween, objected to the decision. Roberson, who has spent more than 20 years in solitary confinement and has been diagnosed with autism, will struggle to communicate through a video-streaming platform like Zoom, Sween stated in a letter to the Texas House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee.

A man whose execution was halted will testify at a legislative hearing about a “junk science” law in Texas that many say should have saved him long ago.

On Monday, Robert Roberson is set to testify before a committee of the Texas Legislature — the first time a person on death row has had such an opportunity. Roberson was set to be executed Thursday, but the evening before the Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee voted 7-0 to subpoena him to appear before the panel.