The Texas governor had not publicly shared his thoughts on the actions of a bipartisan group of lawmakers that stopped the scheduled execution of Robert Roberson.

Gov. Greg Abbott urged the Texas Supreme Court to toss out a subpoena ordering death row inmate Robert Roberson to testify in front of a Texas House committee, saying lawmakers “stepped out of line.” The three-page letter sent Sunday by James Sullivan,

The governor has publicly remained silent as pressure mounted from both sides of the aisle for him to step in on behalf of the death row inmate.