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

Texas is slated to put Robert Roberson III to death Thursday evening in what could be an unprecedented execution of a ...

Robert Roberson is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection Thursday in Texas but Gov. Greg Abbott or the U.S.

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

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

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

Robert Roberson of Texas is scheduled to die by lethal injection despite doubts over shaken baby syndrome, the scientific ...

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

With the inmate’s execution on track for Thursday, a House panel voted unanimously to subpoena Roberson — an unexpected move ...

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 The case underscores broader questions about outdated medical science in criminal convictions.

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

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