{"id":115637,"date":"2024-10-18T17:39:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T10:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115637"},"modified":"2024-10-18T17:39:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T10:39:47","slug":"judge-blocks-execution-of-robert-roberson-in-controversial-shaken-baby-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115637","title":{"rendered":"Judge blocks execution of Robert Roberson in controversial shaken baby case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 EXUng\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/8819\/live\/4b977a90-8cc1-11ef-a719-571e41c42872.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/8819\/live\/4b977a90-8cc1-11ef-a719-571e41c42872.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/8819\/live\/4b977a90-8cc1-11ef-a719-571e41c42872.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/8819\/live\/4b977a90-8cc1-11ef-a719-571e41c42872.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/8819\/live\/4b977a90-8cc1-11ef-a719-571e41c42872.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/8819\/live\/4b977a90-8cc1-11ef-a719-571e41c42872.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/8819\/live\/4b977a90-8cc1-11ef-a719-571e41c42872.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/8819\/live\/4b977a90-8cc1-11ef-a719-571e41c42872.jpg.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Innocence Project \/ Ilana Panich-Linsman Robert Roberson\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Innocence Project \/ Ilana Panich-Linsman<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A Texas judge has blocked the execution of the first man to be put on death row in the US for murder charges related to &#8220;shaken baby syndrome&#8221;, less than two hours before the capital punishment was due to be carried out.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Robert Roberson, 57, was sentenced to death in 2003 for the death of his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, after a post-mortem examination concluded she died of injuries from abuse. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Roberson and his lawyers have long maintained the child died of complications from pneumonia. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Following his stay of execution, Roberson voiced his shock and thanked his supporters, US media reported.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The prisoner was due to be executed at 18:00 local time (23:00 GMT) on Thursday. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But only 90 minutes beforehand, a Travis County judge issued a temporary restraining order to stop it going ahead, so that Roberson could testify in a hearing at the state legislature next week.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The decision came after a panel of the Texas House of Representatives issued a highly unusual subpoena for Roberson late on Wednesday, hoping that authorities would have to send him to appear at a hearing on 21 October. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A bipartisan group of 86 Texas lawmakers, dozens of medical and scientific experts, attorneys and others &#8211; including best-selling author John Grisham and pro-death penalty Republicans &#8211; have all called for Roberson to be pardoned. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The group argued that the conviction was based on outdated science, before authorities gained a proper understanding of &#8220;shaken baby syndrome&#8221;. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;In Robert\u2019s case there was no crime and yet we\u2019re about to kill somebody for it in Texas,&#8221; Grisham told reporters in September.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Roberson&#8217;s lawyers have also argued that his autism &#8211; which was undiagnosed at the time of Nikki&#8217;s death &#8211; was used against him after police and medical staff became suspicious at the lack of emotion he displayed. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Autism can affect how a person communicates with others. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In a statement reported by the BBC&#8217;s US partner CBS News, Roberson gave his reaction to the judge&#8217;s intervention, praising God and thanking his supporters.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;He was shocked, to say the least,&#8221; Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesperson Amanda Hernandez told the Associated Press.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Shortly after the Travis County judge issued the last-minute reprieve on Thursday, the US Supreme Court declined to intervene to cancel the execution outright.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In a statement about the decision, Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor, a liberal, said it was up to Texas Governor Greg Abbott whether to stop the execution.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Meanwhile, the Texas attorney general has filed an appeal against the temporary restraining order.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Roberson&#8217;s supporters include Brian Wharton, the lead detective who investigated the incident in Palestine, Texas. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cI will forever be haunted by the role I played in helping the state put this innocent man on death row,\u201d Mr Wharton was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.  <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cRobert\u2019s case will forever be a burden on my heart and soul.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Earlier this week, Texas&#8217;s Board of Pardon and Paroles denied Roberson&#8217;s clemency petition, voting 6-0 against recommending that his death sentence be delayed or commuted to life in prison.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Governor Abbott could have also granted a one-time 30-day reprieve. He has only done so once in nearly a decade in office. Roberson recently urged Abbott to &#8220;do the right thing&#8221; because &#8220;I&#8217;m innocent&#8221;. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Roberson was one of two prisoners scheduled to be executed in the US on Thursday. In Alabama, 36-year-old Derrick Dearman was put to death after admitting to killing five people with an axe and gun in 2016. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">What happened to Roberson&#8217;s daughter?<!-- --><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">According to Roberson&#8217;s account, his daughter fell out of bed on 31 January 2002. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Hours later, he said he realised she was not breathing and took her to an emergency room, where she was pronounced dead. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Court documents show medical staff immediately suspected abuse, because of bruises on her head, brain swelling and bleeding behind her eyes. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He was arrested and charged with capital murder the next day. An autopsy determined she died of blunt-force head trauma and her death was ruled a homicide.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Roberson&#8217;s lawyers have noted that Nikki was prescribed medicines that are no longer given to children because they can cause serious complications.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">They have argued that the medication, and her fall, could have ultimately killed her. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;Shaken baby syndrome&#8221; &#8211; now called abusive head trauma &#8211; is usually diagnosed after finding evidence of retinal haemorrhage, brain swelling and bleeding in the brain.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">While the diagnosis is broadly accepted by the medical community, a recent report highlighted the need to thoroughly examine other causes before concluding injuries were due to abuse.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In 2023 an appeals court agreed there was insufficient evidence to overturn Roberson&#8217;s conviction. 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