Robert Roberson: The 11th-hour race to save a Texas death row
Oct 19, 2024 · Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson sat praying in a cell Thursday night, just feet from the execution chamber where he was set to die by lethal injection for the “shaken baby” death of...
Robert Roberson case - Wikipedia
Robert Leslie Roberson III (born November 10, 1966) is an American man convicted and on death row for the murder of his two-year-old daughter in 2002. Roberson was accused of shaking his daughter and causing her death, and was tried and convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 2003. He has lost his appeals since. [1] [2]
Robert Roberson case: What’s next for the Texas death row …
Oct 22, 2024 · With his execution looming last Thursday, the 57-year-old Texas death row inmate watched as his attorneys’ legal arguments were rejected in the courts and his pleas for clemency...
Robert Roberson 'shaken baby syndrome' execution on hold after …
Oct 18, 2024 · In an 11th-hour turn of events, Robert Roberson, the first person set to be executed in the U.S. based on what some believe to be an outdated "shaken baby syndrome" hypothesis, was granted a temporary hold on his death sentence.
Texas committee approves subpoena for death row inmate ahead …
Oct 16, 2024 · 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...
Robert Roberson’s appeals to stop Texas execution dwindle | The …
Oct 11, 2024 · Roberson lost one of his final efforts to stop his execution on Tuesday after a judge in Anderson County rejected his request to vacate his death warrant and recuse the judge who set his...
Junk Science, ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome,’ and the Fate of Robert Roberson
Sep 11, 2024 · Junk Science, ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome,’ and the Fate of Robert Roberson. An East Texas man could soon become the nation's first person killed by the state based on the controversial hypothesis.
Texas House majority urges clemency for man facing execution
Sep 17, 2024 · Lawmakers cite new scientific evidence that they say proves Robert Roberson, who is set for execution on Oct. 17, did not kill his daughter.
Robert Roberson Faces Execution, Despite Groundbreaking Texas …
Sep 9, 2024 · The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected Robert Roberson’s latest appeal on Wednesday, September 11, and declined to stay his execution. In a statement, his attorney Gretchen Sween said ...
Robert Roberson execution date finally set after 20 years behind ... - MSN
Robert Roberson was given an execution date by a Texas court on Monday. Roberson was convicted in 2003 of killing his 2-year-old daughter and has continuously contested the verdict, arguing...