A judge granted a request from a Texas House committee for a temporary restraining order to delay Roberson's execution.

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 The case underscores broader questions about outdated medical science in criminal convictions.

Robertson was convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, in 2002. But some argue the conviction was based on ...

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

The Travis County judge issued a temporary restraining order after Texas legislators issued a subpoena for Roberson to testify next week.

A Travis County judge issued a temporary restraining order in a hearing with members of the Texas House over their subpoena ...

A study published last year in Forensic Science International found that a significant number of patients were misdiagnosed with abusive head trauma, citing other conditions that can cause ...

In 2009, the American Academy of Pediatrics changed the name of shaken baby syndrome to the more broadly defined "abusive head trauma" to include injuries caused by mechanisms other than shaking ...

A Texas judge has blocked the execution of the first man to be put on death row in the US for murder charges related to ...

A Travis County judge granted a Texas House committee’s last-minute temporary restraining order request against the state ...

A judge has granted a request from Texas lawmakers to delay the execution of a man scheduled to become the first person in ...

State lawmakers subpoenaed his testimony in an attempt to delay his execution. The Texas attorney general has filed an appeal ...