A judge will hear Robert Roberson’s motion to vacate his execution warrant early Oct. 15 at the Anderson County courthouse in Palestine, according to a news...
Robert Roberson III, 57, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Oct. 17 in Huntsville for the death of his 2-year-old daughter.Robert Roberson III, an East Texas who faces execution in the controversial "shaken baby syndrome" case, photographed through plexiglass at Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Polunsky Unit.
Robert Roberson III, 57, was sentenced to death in 2003 for killing his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki. He is scheduled to be executed by Roberson’s conviction centered on doctors’ testimony that Nikki’s death was consistent with “shaken baby syndrome” when an infant is severely injured from being violently shaken. Roberson’s lawyers have called the hypothesis “junk science” and argued the jury was swayed by “false, misleading and scientifically invalid testimony.”If he’s put to death, Roberson will become the first person in the country to be executed for shaken baby syndrome,.
Tenth Administrative Judicial Region Presiding Judge Alfonso Charles will hear Roberson’s motion to vacate his execution warrant early Oct. 15 at the Anderson County courthouse in Palestine, according to the news release.In their September motion, Roberson’s lawyers argue the retired judge who oversaw post-conviction preceding and issued his execution warrant in July did not follow statutory procedure and did not have jurisdiction over the case. Lawyers also questioned the judge’s impartiality.
In 2002, Roberson found Nikki unresponsive. He rushed her blue, limp body to a hospital and said she fell from a bed. Medical staff suspected child abuse and called police, according to court documents.Roberson’s lawyers said in the news release that new evidence shows Nikki, who was chronically ill, died from “illness, accident, and medical error, not because of any abuse.”Power down in parts of Frank Crowley Courts Building near downtownPrice to buy a Mega Millions ticket going up.
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