Articles for Shaken Baby Syndrome

Texas man whose execution was halted in shaken baby case is again stopped from testifying
2 days, 17 hours ago

Texas man whose execution was halted in shaken baby case is again stopped from testifying

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A second attempt by Texas lawmakers to bring a man on death row to the state Capitol over doubts that he killed his 2-year-old daughter failed again Friday, dimming the likelihood of Robert Roberson testifying publicly after a last-minute subpoena halted his execution. A bipartisan group of lawmakers, civil rights advocates and medical experts have expressed doubts …

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Robert Roberson’s execution: Texas Supreme Court clears way for new execution date in ‘shaken baby’ death
1 month, 1 week ago

Robert Roberson’s execution: Texas Supreme Court clears way for new execution date in ‘shaken baby’ death

CNN  

CNN — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said the execution of a man convicted of murder in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter could move forward, even as a state house committee seeks to subpoena the man for his testimony and its bipartisan members fight to spare his life. Roberson’s attorney, Gretchen Sween, in a statement, asked the …

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Texas attorney general issues damning statement on death row inmate as activists plead for his life
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Texas attorney general issues damning statement on death row inmate as activists plead for his life

Daily Mail  

The Texas Attorney General has hit back at state legislators after they managed to delay the execution of a man on death row for killing his two-year-old daughter. Roberson was set to die by lethal injection following his conviction for killing his toddler daughter, Nikki Curtis, at his Palestine, Texas home. Roberson was set to die by lethal injection following …

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Texas Lawmakers Did Something Unprecedented to Save an Innocent Man’s Life
54 years, 11 months ago

Texas Lawmakers Did Something Unprecedented to Save an Innocent Man’s Life

Slate  

Robert Roberson, who was wrongfully convicted of a capital crime, was due to die on Thursday at 6 p.m. Related From Slate The Next Stage in the Effort to End the Death Penalty In 2003, when Roberson went on trial, shaken baby syndrome was, as Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in a statement accompanying the Supreme Court’s refusal on Thursday to …

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Texas Supreme Court halts execution of man in shaken-baby case after lawmakers’ last-minute appeal
2 months ago

Texas Supreme Court halts execution of man in shaken-baby case after lawmakers’ last-minute appeal

LA Times  

Jennifer Martin and Thomas Roberson, older brother of condemned prisoner Robert Roberson, protest outside the prison where Roberson was scheduled for execution in Huntsville, Texas. The Texas Supreme Court halted Thursday night’s scheduled execution of a man who would have become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken …

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Execution of Texas father in ‘shaken baby syndrome’ case set to go ahead after parole board votes against clemency
2 months ago

Execution of Texas father in ‘shaken baby syndrome’ case set to go ahead after parole board votes against clemency

The Independent  

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'Shaken baby' death row inmate in Texas is running out of options to stop execution
2 months ago

'Shaken baby' death row inmate in Texas is running out of options to stop execution

NPR  

'Shaken baby' death row inmate in Texas is running out of options to stop execution A Texas man could soon be the first person in the U.S. to be executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. DAVID MARTIN DAVIES, BYLINE: In the early morning of January 31, 2002, Robert Roberson entered an East Texas …

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A Texas execution is renewing calls for clemency. It's rarely granted
2 months, 2 weeks ago

A Texas execution is renewing calls for clemency. It's rarely granted

The Independent  

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L.A. man spent a decade in prison for ‘shaken baby syndrome’ death. Was it based on faulty evidence?
2 months, 3 weeks ago

L.A. man spent a decade in prison for ‘shaken baby syndrome’ death. Was it based on faulty evidence?

LA Times  

Jose Olivares hugs his attorney Wednesday after he was released from Los Angeles County Sheriff Men’s Central Jail. Olivares’ case is both extraordinarily unique and tragically common because faulty medical testimony has been used for too long to convict far too many loving parents and caretakers.” The latest medical findings have cast a new critical eye on hundreds of SBS …

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Texas lawmakers show bipartisan support to try to stop a man’s execution
3 months ago

Texas lawmakers show bipartisan support to try to stop a man’s execution

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers petitioned Republican Gov. The petition from 84 lawmakers from the 150-member Republican-controlled state House — as well as medical experts, death penalty attorneys, a former detective on the case, and bestselling novelist John Grisham — is a rare sign of widespread bipartisan support in Texas against a planned execution. “There is …

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Texas’ highest criminal court declines to stop execution of man accused in shaken baby case
3 months, 1 week ago

Texas’ highest criminal court declines to stop execution of man accused in shaken baby case

Associated Press  

Texas’s highest criminal court on Wednesday declined to stop the execution next month of Robert Roberson, who was sentenced to death in 2003 for killing his 2-year-old daughter, but who has consistently challenged his conviction on the claim that it was based on questionable science. Without reviewing the merits of Roberson’s claims, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday …

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Benjamin Keith Dowling dies of shaken baby syndrome; Babysitter Terry McKirchy pleads guilty to his heath
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Benjamin Keith Dowling dies of shaken baby syndrome; Babysitter Terry McKirchy pleads guilty to his heath

CNN  

CNN — A former babysitter in Florida has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty in connection with the death of a man she was accused of disabling when he was a baby in her care 40 years ago. Courtesy Dowling Family/Broward County State Attorney’s Office A mourning family demands accountability Everyone who knew Benjamin Dowling was …

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Moment former detective confronts convicted child killer he put on death row two decades ago as case takes shocking twist
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Moment former detective confronts convicted child killer he put on death row two decades ago as case takes shocking twist

Daily Mail  

A former detective has apologized to a man he helped convict and put on death row for killing his two-year-old daughter. Robert Roberson III, 57, was sentenced to death after he was found guilty of shaking his daughter Nikki Curtis to death at his home in Palestine, East Texas, in 2003. Former detective Rev Brian Wharton has apologized to a …

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Michigan’s top court throws out 2006 conviction linked to shaken baby syndrome
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Michigan’s top court throws out 2006 conviction linked to shaken baby syndrome

Associated Press  

DETROIT — The Michigan Supreme Court overturned a 2006 murder conviction in the death of an infant in an appeal that centered on new opinions about so-called shaken baby syndrome. It’s probable that a “jury would have a reasonable doubt” about Lemons’ guilt, the court said Thursday in a 5-2 decision led by Justice Megan Cavanagh. The Wayne County prosecutor, …

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Research on shaken baby syndrome helps free 15-year inmate
3 years, 8 months ago

Research on shaken baby syndrome helps free 15-year inmate

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — A California man imprisoned for 15 years in the death of his month-old son is free after prosecutors and a judge agreed that the scientific research underlying what was once called “shaken baby syndrome” has changed significantly in recent years. That’s very, very hard to get out of your mind.” Jones’ case is among a series of …

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