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.

Robert Roberson was served with an unprecedented subpoena to testify before the Texas House of Representatives on Monday. Visit this article to learn more: KETK/FOX51 News covers East Texas, bringing you the latest local stories,

On Wednesday, the lawmakers voted to issue a subpoena for Roberson to testify before the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence. On Thursday, they secured an order from a Texas judge staying the execution and forbidding state officials from preventing Roberson from answering the subpoena.