After Roberson ruling, upcoming Court of Criminal Appeals election in the spotlight
Three of the five judges who allowed Robert Roberson’s execution to proceed will be leaving the court after Paxton-backed ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ... She pointed to a 2021 paper that found just 3% of all convictions in shaken baby syndrome ...
Houston Chronicle4d
Texas court denies death row inmate Roberson's motion to vacate execution warrant and recuse judge
A Texas court has denied a motion to vacate an execution warrant for death row inmate Robert Roberson for the murder of his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis. In two days, Roberson will die in ...
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 ... Pediatrics President Dr. Lee Savio Beers told CNN for a 2021 report on how abusive head trauma cases are not coming ...