In an 11th-hour turn of events, Robert Roberson, the first person set to be executed in the U.S. based on the largely ...

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 ...

A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. from 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 ...

[POST-BROADCAST CLARIFICATION: In this story, we say the medical consensus today is that the diagnosis of ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ (SBS) in criminal cases is based on “junk science.” ...

Roberson was convicted in 2002 of killing his 2-year-old daughter in most part because of a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome (SBS), which posits that only intensely vigorous shaking can produce ...

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 ...

Judge issues 11th-hour delay in execution of Texas man who would be 1st in US put to death in shaken baby syndrome case AUSTIN, Texas -- Judge issues 11th-hour delay in execution of Texas man who ...

On Thursday, Robert Roberson is set to become the first person in the United States to be executed on the basis of a shaken baby syndrome diagnosis. This controversial medical diagnosis and ...

HOUSTON (AP) — 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. The Texas Board of Parole on ...