A recent decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court could affect the conviction of a Texas man sitting on death row for shaking his 2-year-old daughter to death. On Nov. 21, the state Supreme Court ...

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 ...

PALESTINE, Texas — The attorney for East Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson, who has faced execution multiple times but maintained his innocence, hopes a recent ruling from the New Jersey Supreme ...

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 ...

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 — ...

The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed with the lower courts in finding that expert testimony on the diagnosis of abusive head trauma, known as shaken baby syndrome, isn’t scientifically reliable.

New Jersey on Thursday became the first state in the U.S. to bar expert testimony on "shaken baby syndrome" (SBS) from the courtroom when there is no other evidence of trauma. In a 109-page opinion, a ...

Amy Hedtke of Whitney and Bob Smilie of Duncanville hold a banner in front of a hearing room where committee members are discussing the case of death row inmate Robert Roberson at the Texas Capitol, ...