The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency today for Robert Roberson, who was convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter in a case of 'shaken baby syndrome.' Roberson has always maintained his innocence. The 57-year old is scheduled to be executed Thursday evening. NBC News' Lester Holt reports.
A Texas board rejected recommending clemency Wednesday for a condemned man who would be the first in the country to be executed for a case of “shaken baby syndrome.” Robert Roberson, 57, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday after having lost a string of appeals, including one Tuesday when a district judge declined to vacate his execution warrant. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals also refused another request to halt his execution Wednesday, as it did last week.
In 2009, the American Academy of Pediatrics changed the name of shaken baby syndrome to the more broadly defined “abusive head trauma” to include injuries caused by mechanisms other than shaking alone. It is now medical consensus that the symptoms associated with shaken baby syndrome can also be caused by other medical conditions, including infections, accidental trauma and pre-existing illnesses.
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