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Robert Roberson, who had been set to be the first person in the U.S. to be put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome, had his execution delayed after a dramatic few hours of legal wrangling among three different Texas courts

Robert Roberson was scheduled to die in a US case where experts cast doubt on the evidence used in his conviction.

Robert Roberson, 57, who has long claimed innocence over death of daughter, has for now been spared

With Roberson’s options dwindling, a House panel used its bully pulpit to prove his case and excoriate the failures of the state’s junk science law.

A Texas man who could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome is facing a lethal injection

Robert Roberson was convicted of killing daughter and is now set to be first execution in a shaken baby syndrome case.

The state’s highest civil court said it wants a lower court to resolve a separation-of-powers issue raised by a group of Texas lawmakers who subpoenaed the death row inmate the night before he was set to be put to death.

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 shaken baby syndrome is awaiting a decision on his request for clemency from a state board

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