A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. under a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of ...

Robert Roberson could be the first person put to death in connection with shaken baby syndrome. The state’s highest criminal ...

Robert Roberson is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Thursday for the 2002 killing of his 2-year-old daughter.

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

Barring a successful last-minute appeal, the US state of Texas will execute an autistic man this week whose murder conviction ...

A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. from a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of ...

Supporters of death row inmate Robert Roberson say stae is about to execute an innocent man. Roberson was convicted of shaking his daughter to death. "Shaken baby syndrome" is largely discredited.

Houston: A Texas man is set to be executed this week for the death of his 2-year-old daughter in a case that has sparked ...

Robert Roberson is scheduled for execution on Oct. 17. 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 ...

The novel, 57-page opinion is the first time the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has evaluated the totality of the shaken baby syndrome hypothesis, Roark’s appellate lawyer Gary Udashen said.

If the state of Texas moves forward with the execution, he will be the first American to be executed for a case of "shaken baby syndrome." Robert Roberson, now 57, was convicted in 2003 of killing ...