Robert Roberson could be the first person put to death in connection with shaken baby syndrome. The state’s highest criminal court ruled in another case that the science had changed.

Barring a successful last-minute appeal, the US state of Texas will execute an autistic man this week whose murder conviction was based on what his

The state’s highest criminal appeals court has vacated the conviction of a Dallas County man accused of injuring a child, arguing scientific

The court found scientific opinion about "shaken baby syndrome" has changed, and a man sentenced to 35 years in prison deserves a new trial.

Robert Roberson would become the first person in the U.S. to be executed for a conviction made under the “shaken baby syndrome” hypothesis.

Robert Roberson is set to be the first person to be executed in the U.S. based on the largely discredited "shaken baby syndrome" hypothesis unless Texas officials intervene. On Monday, Roberson's attorneys filed an emergency motion asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to halt Roberson's Oct.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals says the science behind Andrew Roark‘a conviction was flawed. Another man on death row, Robert Roberson, is set to be executed this month after being convicted of a similar crime.

The ruling in the case of Andrew Roark follows a national trend that casts doubt on injuries caused by shaking babies. In 1999, Roark was arrested after the unresponsive child of his girlfriend was taken to the hospital.