Houston, Oct 18, 2024 (AFP) - US Supreme Court denies stay of execution to Texas man in 'shaken baby' case

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2024-10-18

The US Supreme Court on Thursday denied a stay of execution for an autistic man convicted of murder in a "shaken baby syndrome" case -- although his lawyers managed to secure a potential last-ditch delay from a judge in Texas. Robert Roberson, 57, was scheduled to die by lethal injection at the Texas state penitentiary in Huntsville for the February 2002 death of his two-year-old daughter, Nikki. The conservative-majority Supreme Court denied Rob......

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