Robert Roberson was sentenced to death based on the largely discredited "shaken baby syndrome" hypothesis. His case went to ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics embraces the diagnosis, but courts have thrown out some cases, calling it “junk science.” ...

The Texas Supreme Court halted the execution of Robert Roberson in an 11th-hour decision Thursday night, after a flurry of ...

The clemency petition asked for Robert Roberson’s death sentence to be commuted, or the execution delayed 180 days. “We pray ...

The last-minute decision comes in response to a legal maneuver in which a House committee voted to subpoena Roberson after ...

The Supreme Court declined to block Texas from executing Robert Roberson, who insists his conviction for murdering his ...

The inmate would be the first person in the US executed on a shaken baby syndrome-based conviction, his lawyers say, as the ...

A judge granted a request to delay the execution of a man scheduled to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a ...

Robert Roberson to be executed today, despite critics' doubts over the potentially flawed 'shaken baby syndrome' diagnosis.

HOUSTON — The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Wednesday denied a request for clemency for Robert Roberson, who could be ...

Robert Roberson of Texas is scheduled to die by lethal injection despite doubts over shaken baby syndrome, the scientific ...

Robert Roberson is set to die for the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter. The case underscores broader questions about outdated medical science in criminal convictions.