The state’s Court of Criminal Appeals earlier this month ordered a lower court to examine whether its findings in a Dallas ...

David’s four-week-old died in his arms, but a swift diagnosis of child abuse by hospital specialists did not stand up in ...

A precedent-setting legal judgment was based on scientific evidence that was “very weak”, says an international expert.

A Texas appeals court has paused the execution of Robert Roberson, who was set to be the first in the U.S. executed for a murder linked to shaken baby syndrome ...

The brother of Nikki Curtis, the little girl at the center of a high-profile “shaken baby” case, is talking about the latest ...

The execution of Robert Roberson, a 58-year-old Texas death row inmate convicted of killing his daughter, has been paused for a third time.

Robert Roberson has been on death row since 2003 but has long maintained his innocence in the death of his 2-year-old ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ top criminal court on Thursday again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder ...

Robert Roberson’s death penalty case has gained national attention for being based on the outdated science of “shaken baby syndrome.” But his 2003 ...

Days before his execution, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday sent the case of death row inmate Robert Roberson ...

Lester Holt discusses his recent Dateline podcast "The Last Appeal" about Robert Roberson, a father on death row in Texas for killing his 2-year-old daughter. Since the taping of this episode Roberson ...

Robert Roberson's execution is halted under the state's "junk science" law that allows courts to re-examine convictions based on outdated science.