Autistic Man Faces Execution Despite Misdiagnosis in Shaken Baby Syndrome Case, Advocates Urge Clemency
Washington, D.C.: The Texas pardons board has declined a clemency appeal from Robert Roberson, an autistic man on death row, set to be executed for a murder conviction based on questionable shaken baby syndrome diagnosis. Roberson, 57, is scheduled for lethal injection on Thursday for the 2002 death of his two-year-old daughter, Nikki. The Texas … Read more