Barring intervention by the courts or the governor, Texas on Thursday is scheduled to execute death row inmate Robert Roberson, who claims he was wrongfully convicted of abusing his 2-year-old daughter until she died.

A Texas judge paused the execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson, approving a request from state lawmakers for him to testify at a hearing.

Lawmakers asked the state’s highest civil court to step in, saying a ruling from the state’s highest criminal court was interfering with their attempt to subpoena the death row inmate.