According to the Mayo Clinic, shaken baby syndrome is a serious brain injury caused by forcefully shaking an infant or a ...

The New Jersey Supreme Court wrestled with whether it should be the first state high court to bar trial evidence from doctors ...

Robert Roberson had been set to die Thursday for the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter. Among those who believe he is ...

Roberson's lawyers, a bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers, medical experts and others argue his conviction was based on ...

With his execution on hold, Robert Roberson is set to testify at a Texas House hearing about his conviction, which was based ...

The inmate would be the first person in the US executed on a shaken baby syndrome-based conviction, his lawyers say, as the ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics embraces the diagnosis, but courts have thrown out some cases, calling it “junk science.” ...

A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the US under a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of ...

Robert Roberson, 57, is set to be executed in Texas for a murder conviction related to shaken baby syndrome. His lawyers, ...

Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson sat praying in a cell Thursday night just feet from the execution chamber where he was ...

The term was changed in 2009 to abusive head trauma, a more inclusive diagnosis, Haney said. There are about 1,300 reported cases of shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma in the U.S. each year ...