who died after doctors observed subdural bleeding, brain swelling and retinal hemorrhages. At the time, those combined symptoms were viewed as proof of shaken baby syndrome caused by child abuse.

The New Jersey Supreme Court wrestled with whether it should be the first state high court to bar trial evidence from doctors ...

The execution of Robert Roberson, an autistic father at the center of a controversial “shaken baby syndrome” case, is set to ...

after finding signs on her body typically associated with “shaken baby syndrome”, which include subdural hematoma, brain swelling and retinal hemorrhages. At the time, the medical community ...

State courts refused to review Roberson’s case, clearing the way for his execution based on the junk science of shaken baby ...

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 ...

Robert Roberson is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Thursday for the 2002 killing of his 2-year-old daughter.

HOUSTON — A Texas man on Thursday night gained a reprieve from becoming the first person executed in the U.S. for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. Robert ...

What is shaken baby syndrome? The diagnosis refers to a serious brain injury caused when a child’s head is injured through shaking or some other violent impact, like being slammed against a wall ...

A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. under a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome HOUSTON -- A Texas man this week could become the ...