Convicted of a crime that never happened, Roberson’s case is a prime example of how the U.S. legal system often fails to recognize advances in scientific knowledge ...

What is shaken baby syndrome? The diagnosis refers to a serious brain injury caused when a child’s head is injured through shaking or some other violent impact, like being slammed against a wall or ...

Infants living in bed-sits or with single parents are at greater risk of becoming victims of so-called shaken baby syndrome ... claims many are as a result of adults violently shaking small ...

It occurs when an inflicted head injury, caused by an adult forcefully shaking an ... because the definitions of shaken baby syndrome are vague and inconsistent, often overlapping with symptoms ...

"There's no such thing as shaken baby syndrome," he said, arguing the traumatic head injury it intends to define would ...

Death row inmate Robert Roberson is once again the subject of last-minute maneuvering as his scheduled testimony before a bipartisan group of Texas legislators Monday is shrouded in uncertainty.

In 2002, Robert Roberson found his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, unresponsive after she fell off a bed in the family’s house in the East Texas city of Palestine. Roberson took her to ...

The Pennsylvania Shaken Baby Syndrome Education Program at Penn State ... Additionally, they often are the only adults besides the parents or caretakers to fully examine the child's body.

Roberson’s scheduled execution renewed debate over shaken baby syndrome. On one side of the ... usually by an adult caregiver, said Dr. Suzanne Haney, a child abuse pediatrician and member ...