Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Texas’ highest criminal court halted the execution of Robert Roberson on Thursday, just one week before it was set to occur, and ordered his case back to the trial court for further review.

Roberson was sentenced to death in 2003 after being convicted of capital murder in the death of his two-year-old daughter, Nikki, who was diagnosed with shaken baby syndrome. He has spent more than 20 years on death row maintaining his innocence.

His attorneys argue that the science supporting the shaken baby diagnosis has since been discredited. Roberson had been scheduled for execution on Oct. 16, which would have marked the first time someone in the U.S. was put to death in a shaken baby syndrome case.

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