Texas’ highest criminal court declines to stop execution of man accused in shaken baby case

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas’s highest criminal court on Wednesday declined to stop the execution next month of Robert Roberson, who was sentenced to death in 2003 for killing his 2-year-old daughter, but who has consistently challenged his conviction on the claim that it was based on questionable science.

This article was originally published by Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune at San Antonio Current – (https://www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-highest-criminal-court-declines-to-stop-execution-of-man-accused-in-shaken-baby-case-35554697).

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