Source: The Intercept
by Liliana Segura & Jordan Smith
“Nikki was unconscious and her lips were blue when her father Robert Roberson found her in bed the morning of January 31, 2002. The 2-year-old had been ill the previous week, coughing, vomiting, and running a high fever. Roberson had taken her to the doctor twice and both times was sent home with drugs that, today, would not be prescribed for children her age. … Roberson …. was convicted and sentenced to death based on claims by medical professionals that Nikki’s death was the result of so-called shaken baby syndrome, or SBS …. Texas is currently planning to kill Roberson on October 17. If that happens, he will be the first person executed in the U.S. based on the junk science of SBS — despite a first-of-its-kind law in Texas meant to undo convictions that hinged on science now known to be unreliable.” (09/09/24)
https://theintercept.com/2024/09/09/texas-junk-science-shaken-baby-robert-roberson-execution/