Following a Frye hearing, Judge Pedro J. Jimenez concluded in January 2022 that expert testimony of shaking-only shaken baby syndrome was not scientifically reliable, barred admission of the evidence ...
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 lethal ...
A judge on Wednesday set a new execution date for Robert Roberson, a Texas man who won a last-minute reprieve last year and could become the first person in the U.S. to be put to death for a murder ...
Supporters of death row inmate Robert Roberson say the state is about to execute an innocent man. Roberson was convicted of shaking his child to death. Sponsor Message : [POST-BROADCAST CLARIFICATION: ...
Dozens of "shaken baby syndrome" convictions have been overturned over the years, but until now, no state court system has ...
12 p.m. Oct. 9, 2025: This story was updated after the most recent stay in the Robert Roberson case. Robert Roberson III was granted a stay Thursday by Texas’ highest criminal court — one week before ...
New Jersey’s highest court has ruled that expert testimony about shaken baby syndrome is scientifically unreliable and inadmissible in two upcoming trials.
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 lethal ...