(FILES) This handout image courtesy of the Innocence Project shows Robert Roberson photographed through plexiglass at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, on December 19, 2023. Barring a successful last-minute appeal, TPhoto by ILANA PANICH-LINSMAN/Innocence Project/AFP via Getty

Texas man facing execution in shaken baby syndrome case awaits clemency ruling

Roberson, 57, is scheduled to die by lethal injection for 2002 killing of his 2-year-old daughter, but has long proclaimed his innocence

by · National Post

A Texas man who could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome awaits a decision about his request for clemency from a state board.

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles’ decision on whether to recommend that Robert Roberson’s execution on Thursday be stopped either through a commutation of his sentence or a reprieve was expected to come on Wednesday that a Texas House committee was set to meet in Austin to discuss his case.

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