He was sentenced to death after his toddler died. Now, shaken baby syndrome is at the heart of Robert Roberson’s 11th-hour appeals
Texas this week plans to execute Robert Roberson, whose attorneys say was wrongfully convicted of murdering his 2-year-old daughter more than 20 years ago. His advocates contend Roberson’s sickly toddler, Nikki Curtis, died of double pneumonia that had progressed to sepsis, her illness further exacerbated by a combination of medicines now seen as unsuitable for … Read more