Texas lawmakers show bipartisan support to try to stop a man's ...
WEB2 days ago · Prosecutors said his daughter, Nikki Curtis, died from injuries caused by being violently shaken, also known as shaken baby syndrome. “There is a strong majority, a bipartisan majority, of the Texas House that have serious doubts about Robert Roberson’s execution,” Rep. Joe Moody, a Democrat, said at a press conference at the state Capitol.
Bipartisan Texas House majority urges clemency for man facing
WEB1 day ago · At trial, doctors testified that Nikki’s death was consistent with shaken baby syndrome — in which an infant is severely injured from being shaken violently back and forth — and a jury ...
Texas court allows execution in shaken baby syndrome case - MSN
WEBTexas court allows execution in shaken baby syndrome case. T exas is set to become the first state in the country to execute someone convicted for causing a brain injury commonly known as "shaken ...
Shaken Baby Syndrome Is Junk Science. Texas Plans to Be First to ...
WEBSep 9, 2024 · Texas is currently planning to kill Roberson on October 17. If that happens, he will be the first person executed in the U.S. based on the junk science of SBS — despite a first-of-its-kind law ...
Texas court won't stop man's execution in shaken baby case
WEBSep 12, 2024 · The Court of Criminal Appeals in 2016 stopped his execution and sent the case back to the trial court after the scientific consensus around shaken baby syndrome diagnoses came into question.
Shaken baby cases tested by defense medical expert witnesses
WEBJun 21, 2024 · In the last four years, nine parents incarcerated for shaken baby syndrome have been exonerated and many more have had their convictions overturned. There’s no question that child abuse...
Doctors who diagnosed Shaken Baby Syndrome now defend the …
WEBMar 20, 2015 · Doctors and engineers have challenged the science behind Shaken Baby Syndrome for more than a decade, but the disputed diagnosis is still being used to help build murder and abuse cases...
Justice for Rehma - CNN
WEBA courtroom attack on shaken baby syndrome is overwhelming parents’ anguished pleas for justice for its tiny victims.
Bristol study into 'shaken baby' syndrome advice - BBC News
WEBMar 23, 2023 · Brain trauma, caused when a baby is hit or shaken, is the most common severe injury in babies, according to NHS figures. University of the West of England. Dr Mark Lyttle is leading the...
Research on shaken baby syndrome helps free 15-year inmate
WEBApr 22, 2021 · SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — 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.