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

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

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

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

Robert Roberson, 57, is set to be executed in Texas for a murder conviction related to shaken baby syndrome. His lawyers, ...

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 ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned a Dallas man’s conviction for hurting his girlfriend’s child due to scientific research that casts doubt on the existence of shaken baby syndrome.

A condemned man in Texas is set to die this month in what would be the country's first execution for "shaken baby syndrome," a scrutinized diagnosis that has been successfully challenged in some ...

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 ...