Scientific News Texas Appeals Court Overturns Shaken Baby Conviction Ahead Of Execution Date In Another Disputed Case

Texas appeals court again pauses execution of Robert Roberson in shaken baby case

HOUSTON(AP) — Texas’ top criminal court on Thursday again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder ... Read More

New turn in Robert Roberson's death-row case with New Jersey Supreme Court ruling on shaken baby syndrome

Robert Roberson's death-row case could take a new turn as a New Jersey court released a ruling on shaken baby syndrome. Read More

Robert Roberson asks court to consider New Jersey’s landmark shaken baby ruling

Thursday that a shaken baby syndrome diagnosis, also known as abusive head trauma, is not generally accepted within the ... Read More

Texas pushes back on evidentiary hearing in Robert Roberson’s death penalty case

Robert Roberson listens as his attorney Gretchen Sween speaks during a hearing to set his execution date at the Anderson County Courthouse in Palestine on July 16, 2025. Smith County District Judge ... Read More

Appeals Court Upholds Shaken Baby Conviction Despite Medical Examiner Recanting Testimony

Despite an extraordinary effort by the district attorney’s office in Nashville, Tennessee, to reverse a murder conviction that its own prosecutors won more than two decades ago, the state’s Court of ... Read More

NJ Supreme Court rules on shaken baby syndrome. ‘We are judges, not scientists'

The court found that prosecutors did not prove general acceptance in the medical and biomechanical communities that shaking alone causes the syndrome's symptoms. This ruling impacts two Middlesex ... Read More

A N.J. court ruled shaken baby testimony inadmissible. Could it help Robert Roberson?

Terre Compton, a Palestine resident and member of the jury that convicted Roberson in 2003, said the state’s case against Roberson then was focused on “shaken baby syndrome” as she demonstrates how ... Read More

Robert Roberson asks court to consider New Jersey court's ruling on Shaken Baby Syndrome

East Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson seeks a new trial and points to New Jersey ruling against Shaken Baby Syndrome evidence, citing discredited science. Read More

Robert Roberson's lawyer askes court to consider New Jersey Supreme Court shaken baby ruling

Attorneys for death-row inmate Robert Roberson​ urged a Texas court Tuesday to weigh a new ruling from the New Jersey Supreme Court that found shaken baby syndrome​ evidence too unreliable for juries ... Read More