People3d
Man Faces Execution After Daughter's Death Was Ruled Shaken Baby Syndrome. But Lead Detective Thinks Cops Got It All Wrong
A judge denied a motion to vacate the execution of Robert Roberson, who was convicted of murdering his 2-year-old daughter in 2002 Texas Department of Criminal Justice A Texas judge denied a ...
New York Post3d
Texas father’s execution for murder of 2-year-old daughter could be first in US over shaken baby syndrome after judge’s ruling
Robert Roberson, 57, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on Thursday after his attorneys were told Judge Alfonso Charles, the Tenth Administrative Judicial Region presiding judge ...
D Magazine5d
Robert Roberson is running out of time.
In our September issue, author John Grisham laid out the reasons why Texas shouldn’t execute Robert Roberson, who was convicted in 2003 of killing his two-year-old daughter. That conviction was ...
AOL2d
He was sentenced to death after his toddler died. Now, shaken baby syndrome is at the heart of Robert Roberson’s 11th-hour appeals
Texas this week plans to execute Robert Roberson, whose attorneys say was wrongfully convicted of murdering his 2-year-old daughter more than 20 years ago. His advocates contend Roberson’s ...
Time5d
What We Know About Robert Roberson—and the Appeals to His Upcoming Execution
Robert Roberson is set to be executed by the State of Texas on Thursday, Oct. 17, amid outcry from some lawmakers and advocates who argue that he is innocent. On Jan. 31, 2002, Roberson brought ...
USA Today3d
All evidence points to Robert Roberson's innocence. Texas still plans to execute him.
In Texas so far, nothing. Robert Leslie Roberson remains scheduled to die by lethal injection on Thursday despite all evidence indicating he was wrongfully convicted for the death of his 2-year ...
Los Angeles Times4d
Editorial: Execution despite doubt over guilt is a perversion of justice
The execution of Robert Roberson in Texas remains on track for Thursday, despite serious doubts that he killed or even mistreated his 2-year-old daughter in 2002. Prosecutors and medical experts ...
CBS News3d
Texas man could be first in U.S. executed over shaken baby syndrome
Robert Roberson, 57, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Thursday for the 2002 killing of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis. Roberson has long proclaimed his innocence. His lawyers ...
WFAA83d
Death Penalty decision in "shaken baby syndrome" case expected today
DALLAS — Robert Leslie Roberson will go to the death chamber in Huntsville this week unless there is a last-minute recommendation by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and an 11th-hour ...
CNN3d
Texas committee approves subpoena for death row inmate ahead of his execution
Just a day before his scheduled execution, death row inmate Robert Roberson has been subpoenaed to testify before a Texas House committee that is reconsidering the lawfulness of his conviction for ...