{"id":38673,"date":"2025-07-16T20:48:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/texas-death-row-inmate-robert-roberson-now-scheduled-to-be-executed-on-oct-16-in-shaken-baby-syndrome-case\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T20:48:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:48:37","slug":"texas-death-row-inmate-robert-roberson-now-scheduled-to-be-executed-on-oct-16-in-shaken-baby-syndrome-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/texas-death-row-inmate-robert-roberson-now-scheduled-to-be-executed-on-oct-16-in-shaken-baby-syndrome-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson now scheduled to be executed on Oct. 16 in shaken baby syndrome case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson is set to be executed on Oct. 16, a judge announced during a hearing on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/texas-ag-paxton-seeks-execution-date-robert-roberson-toddler-death-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ken Paxton requested<\/a><\/span> the hearing to discuss a new execution date after numerous delays.<\/p>\n<p>Roberson, who was convicted of capital murder in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter, was present at the hearing and sat next to his attorney.<\/p>\n<p>His appearance in the Smith County courtroom surprised many of those inside who were not expecting the Texas Death Row inmate to be transferred from a Southeast Texas prison.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-youtube-video embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-video\">\n<p>\n    <iframe class=\"embed__content lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/PgYZuycWYu4?autoplay=0&amp;rel=1\" data-optanon-category=\"essential\" data-height=\"113\" data-width=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/p><figcaption>\n    <span class=\"embed__caption\"><br \/>\n      <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PgYZuycWYu4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch Live | Hearing on Texas&#8217;s request for Robert Roberson&#8217;s execution date<\/a><\/cite> by<br \/>\n      <cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CBSDFW\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS TEXAS<\/a><\/cite> on<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 58-year-old watched his attorney make a passionate plea to a judge asking to hold off setting a new execution date until pending appeals can be ruled on by higher courts over whether Roberson deserves a new trial.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Roberson&#8217;s attorney, Gretchen Sween, said she will seek a stay of the execution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Texans should be outraged that the court has scheduled an execution date for a demonstrably innocent man,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Everyone who has taken the time to look at the evidence of Robert Roberson&#8217;s innocence\u2014including the lead detective, one of the jurors, a range of highly qualified experts, and a bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers\u2014has reached the same conclusion: Nikki&#8217;s death was a terrible tragedy. 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There was no crime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors alleged that Roberson <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/robert-roberson-execution-texas-death-penalty-cases-moving-forward-doubts\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killed the child by violently shaking her<\/a><\/span> \u2014 a diagnosis commonly referred to at the time as shaken baby syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>In its latest <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/death-row-inmate-robert-roberson-files-new-appeal-misdiagnosis-new-evidence\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">appeal filed in February<\/a><\/span>, Roberson&#8217;s legal team said that based on new evidence, &#8220;no rational juror would find Roberson guilty of capital murder; and unreliable and outdated scientific and medical evidence was material to his conviction.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new evidence includes statements from pathologists that state the girl&#8217;s death was not a homicide and who question the reliability of conclusions by the medical examiner on the cause of death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You ask why now there&#8217;s approximately 200 people on death row in Texas and there&#8217;s one pending execution date,&#8221; said Sween. &#8220;There&#8217;s no reason to be setting a date for Mr. Roberson, who \u00a0is among the few who has live appeals on a very serious issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Roberson was in a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/as-one-texas-shaken-baby-suspect-is-exonerated-robert-roberson-sits-on-death-row\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">holding cell on Oct. 17, 2024<\/a><\/span>, a few feet away from America&#8217;s busiest death chamber in Huntsville, waiting to receive a lethal injection when he was granted an execution stay after a group of Texas lawmakers issued a subpoena for him to testify before a House committee several days after he was scheduled to die.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Supreme Court ruled in November that although the subpoena was valid, it could not be used to circumvent a scheduled execution.<\/p>\n<p>Roberson never testified before the House committee as Paxton&#8217;s office blocked efforts to have him speak to lawmakers.<\/p>\n<h2>After Roberson&#8217;s execution date was set<\/h2>\n<p>Roberson&#8217;s attorney spoke to reporters outside the courthouse with a number of exonerated murderers standing behind her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not a freak occurrence, we&#8217;ve had 200 people in this country exonerated from death rows because they subsequently have been found innocent,&#8221; Sween said. &#8220;Truth is gonna come out, Robert&#8217;s gonna come out on top.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Roberson supporters plan to continue their efforts to spare his life, Dallas County has spent $20,000 for an independent review of the victim&#8217;s autopsy, which was conducted by the Dallas County Medical Examiners&#8217; office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>County Judge Clay Jenkins said that review is ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/julia-falcon\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Julia  Falcon<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Julia Falcon is a digital content producer at CBS News Texas. 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