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Texas set Robert Roberson’s execution for Oct. 17 , despite new evidence that he is an innocent man wrongly convicted under the now-debunked shaken baby syndrome hypothesis.
Roberson would be the first person in the U.S. executed based on the discredited SBS hypothesis unless the courts or Gov. Abbott intervenes.
Toddler Nikki Roberson died of severe viral and bacterial pneumonia that progressed to sepsis and then septic shock.
Roberson ’s attorneys requested the state district court in Anderson County to reopen his case of actual innocence.
Three experts from a range of medical specialties can now explain exactly how Nikki died.
Mr. Roberson left school after completing 8th grade with undiagnosed autism.
Roberson is scheduled to be executed on Oct. 17 .
He was convicted of shaking and sexually abusing a child in 2003 .
The jury was presented with unfounded claims of child abuse.
Roberson deserves a fair shot at justice before he is executed, says Donna Brazile .
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