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Texas High Court Halts Execution in Shaken Baby Case

Texas High Court Halts Execution in Shaken Baby Case
nation10/9/2025

Lawyers for Robert Roberson questioned evidence about whether he shook his 2-year-old daughter to death. The state’s highest criminal court ordered a new look.

The top criminal court in Texas on Thursday halted the execution of Robert Roberson, an autistic Texas man who was convicted of murdering his 2-year-old daughter by shaking her, directing a lower court to look again at disputed evidence over “shaken ... [3230 chars]