US EditionTexas court blocks execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted Robert Roberson's execution pending a new trial, citing discredited shaken baby syndrome evidence and new scientific findings.
- The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has stayed the execution of Robert Roberson, allowing a review of evidence in his 2003 conviction for his daughter's murder, which relied on shaken baby syndrome testimony.
- Roberson's case will be sent back to a lower trial court for review under Texas' junk science law, allowing challenges to convictions based on outdated forensic evidence.
- Roberson has consistently maintained his innocence, claiming his daughter's death was caused by natural and accidental factors, as supported by his legal team and various advocates.
- This stay marks the third time Roberson has avoided execution, reflecting ongoing debates about the reliability of shaken baby syndrome evidence and its implications for wrongful convictions.
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Texas death row inmate Rob Roberson granted a stay of execution
Just days before his scheduled execution, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay to Rob Roberson, a Texas death row inmate convicted largely on the basis of discredited Shaken Baby Syndrome evidence.
The Texas court’s pause in Robert Roberson’s execution a few days before his death will likely generate new arguments and scrutiny on cases based on medical science and evidence for diagnosing shaken baby’s syndrome. Roberson would have been the first person in the country executed in a case related to shaken baby’s syndrome. He remains on death row for now, but the break in his execution — the third since 2016 — not only gives him more time, bu…
Texas Court Halts Execution of Robert Roberson, Convicted over “Shaken Baby Syndrome”
A court in Texas has halted the execution of Robert Roberson, whose 2003 murder conviction over the death of his 2-year-old daughter was based on the “shaken baby syndrome” theory, which has never been scientifically validated. On Thursday, a narrow 5-4 majority of Texas’s Court of Criminal Appeals granted Roberson’s request to stay his execution, citing a Texas law that allows for new trials in cases with flawed scientific evidence. The trial c…
Texas Appeals Court Again Pauses Execution of Robert Roberson in Shaken Baby Case
HOUSTON—Texas’ top criminal court on Thursday again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. This was the third execution date that Roberson’s lawyers have been able to stay since 2016, including one scheduled nearly a year ago due to an unprecedented intervention from a bipartisan group of Texas la…
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