Robert Roberson was sentenced to death based on the largely discredited "shaken baby syndrome" hypothesis. His case went to ...

In yet another 11th-hour development in the case of death row inmate Robert Roberson, a splintered Texas Court of Criminal ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics embraces the diagnosis, but courts have thrown out some cases, calling it “junk science.” ...

Robert Roberson is set to die for the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter. The case underscores broader questions about outdated medical science in criminal convictions.

A man in Texas is due on Thursday to become the first executed in the United States for murder attributed to shaken baby ...

The clemency petition asked for Robert Roberson’s death sentence to be commuted, or the execution delayed 180 days. “We pray ...

The Supreme Court declined to block Texas from executing Robert Roberson, who insists his conviction for murdering his 2-year ...

The last-minute decision comes in response to a legal maneuver in which a House committee voted to subpoena Roberson after ...

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

HOUSTON — The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Wednesday denied a request for clemency for Robert Roberson, who could be ...

Robert Roberson to be executed today, despite critics' doubts over the potentially flawed 'shaken baby syndrome' diagnosis.

A Travis County judge has issued a temporary injunction that delayed the controversial execution of Robert Roberson, but the ...