Texas man faces execution despite doubts over shaken baby syndrome

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : A short lifetime of illness, overlookedIn 2002, Roberson was single father living in rural Palestine, Tex., with his young daughter, who had a history of chronic illness, including ear infections and unexplained "breathing apnea," according to court documents.
41% : But of Roberson's defenders, few are more passionate than Brian Wharton, the former chief detective of the police department in Palestine, Tex., who helped convict Roberson 21 years ago.
40% : The path to stopping the country's first execution based on the widely refuted theory known as "shaken baby syndrome" narrowed Tuesday after a district judge in Texas declined to vacate the death warrant for Robert Roberson, a 57-year-old man with autism who is scheduled to die by lethal injection this week.

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