He was sentenced to death after his toddler died. Now, shaken baby syndrome is at the heart of Robert Roberson’s 11th-hour appeals
The inmate would be the first person in the US executed on a shaken baby syndrome-based conviction, his lawyers say, as the diagnosis is under increasing scrutiny in courts.
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What is shaken baby syndrome? And why might a Texas man be executed for it?The Texas Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, which is reconsidering the lawfulness of Roberson’s conviction, issued a subpoena for Roberson to attend a hearing scheduled for M ...
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Roberson's lawyers, a bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers, medical experts and others argue his conviction was based on ...
Robert Roberson, a 57-year-old from Texas, could become the first person in the US to be executed for a murder conviction ...
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A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.Robert Roberson, 57, is scheduled to receive a ...
Courts in Texas kept blocking Robert Roberson on procedural grounds but never looked at how “shaken baby” science has evolved ...
Republican lawmakers in Texas expressed alarm on Monday at the apparent willingness of state officials to execute a ...
A Texas man whose execution was halted after lawmakers ordered Robert Roberson to appear at the state Capitol did not show up as planned Monday after a dispute over transporting a person on death row ...
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