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Texas’s Supreme Court blocked the execution of a man who was set to die on Thursday, hours before the convicted killer’s execution warrant expired at midnight.. Robert Roberson, 57, was set to ...
The court found scientific opinion about "shaken baby syndrome" has changed, and a man sentenced to 35 years in prison deserves a new trial.
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said the state could set a new execution date for a man convicted of murdering his toddler on evidence of "shaken baby syndrome," ruling ...
From Melinda Henneberger: Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Texas deserve a lot of credit for preventing, at least temporarily, the death of yet another innocent man.
Courts kept blocking Robert Roberson on procedural grounds, but never looked at how the science has evolved. From Melinda Henneberger:
On Monday, a Texas court set an October execution date for a man named Robert Roberson, despite overwhelming evidence that he was wrongly convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter in 2003 ...
Hundreds of possible shaken baby and abusive head trauma cases are reported to hospitals in the U.S. every year, according to a nonprofit advocacy group. While there have been criminal cases ...
In an 11th-hour turn of events, Robert Roberson, the first person set to be executed in the U.S. based on the largely discredited "shaken baby syndrome" hypothesis, was granted a temporary hold on ...