Convicted of a crime that never happened, Roberson’s case is a prime example of how the U.S. legal system often fails to ...
The American Academy of Pediatrics embraces the diagnosis, but courts have thrown out some cases, calling it “junk science.” ...
A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of ...
In an 11th-hour turn of events, Robert Roberson, the first person set to be executed in the U.S. based on the largely ...
In recent years, shaken baby syndrome diagnoses have been successfully challenged in criminal cases ... At the emergency room ...
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 judge has upheld the execution of a father convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter — despite a growing number of ...
Robert Roberson of Texas is scheduled to die by lethal injection despite doubts over shaken baby syndrome, the scientific ...
A Texas man who this week could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of ...
Critics allege doctors have been focused on concluding child abuse due to shaken baby syndrome whenever a triad of symptoms — bleeding around the brain, brain swelling and bleeding in the eyes ...
Robert Roberson is set to die for the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter. The case underscores broader questions about ...