Robert Roberson, who is facing execution in a controversial 'shaken baby syndrome' case, asked for clemency with the support of activists and state legislators.
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.Exactly one month before the impending execution of a Texas man at the center of a “shaken baby syndrome” case, attorneys, lawmakers and advocates convened Tuesday to proclaim his innocence.
According to court documents, Roberson said Nikki accidentally fell from a bed, but medical staff at a Palestine hospital called police because they considered the injuries — including bruises to her chin, cheek and jaw and bleeding outside her brain — suspicious and “likely intentional.
Since Roberson’s trial, however, Barnes said research has established the “triad is not presumptive proof of abuse.”“Despite all the wrongs that have been done to him, despite his ongoing struggles,” Wharton said, “Robert continues to be a gentle man, a graceful man, a thoughtful man.”
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