A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.Robert Roberson, 57, is scheduled to receive a lethal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Experts are divided on the use of shaken baby syndrome diagnoses in criminal cases. Credit: Natalia Ojewska for The Texas Tribune ...

Brian Wharton, the chief detective of a small police force in East Texas, had seen his share of tragedies on the job, but he had never handled a case like Robert Roberson’s: In January 2002, Roberson, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A common cause of shaken baby incidents is continuous crying. Cavan Images via Getty Images In the early 1990s when I was a young ...

Shaken baby syndrome is a form of abusive head trauma that occurs when a parent or caregiver violently shakes a baby through overwhelming frustration and losing control due to inconsolable or ...

About five years ago, Nicole, a mother of two, had friends over for dinner while her husband, Sean, watched 3-year-old Courtney and 2-month-old Sarah. Fifteen minutes into dinner, Sean interrupted ...

The path to stopping the country’s first execution based on the refuted theory known as “shaken baby syndrome” narrowed Wednesday after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency to Robert ...

Experts are divided on the use of shaken baby syndrome diagnoses in criminal cases. (Natalia Ojewska For The Texas Tribune, Natalia Ojewska For The Texas Tribune) Sign up for The Brief, The Texas ...

A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. from a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. Robert Roberson, 57, is scheduled to receive a lethal ...

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