The ruling issued late last night came to save a life Robert Robersonwho was convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter in 2002, the conclusion of a series of last-minute court appeals and weeks of public pressure from Republican and Democratic lawmakers, who say he is innocent and sentenced to death based on “false scientific evidence.”
In the hours before the sentencing, Roberson was being held in a prison cell, just feet from the busiest execution chamber in the world. America In the Walz unit in Huntsville Waiting to confirm whether he would be transported to die by lethal injection.
Roberson, 57, was convicted of murdering his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, in 2002. City of Palestine In the east Texas.
Roberson has long proclaimed his innocence, with support from some prominent Republican lawmakers and the lead investigator in the case.
“He’s an innocent man, and we’re about to kill him for something he didn’t do,” said Brian Wharton, the lead investigator in the case, according to the Associated Press.
Roberson’s execution renewed controversy over… Shaken baby syndromeknown in the medical community as Injurious head trauma.
The diagnosis indicates Serious brain injury It occurs when a child’s head is hit by shaking or other violent impact, such as hitting a wall or throwing him to the ground.
Roberson’s supporters do not deny that the head injuries and other injuries resulting from child abuse are real, but they assert that doctors misdiagnosed Curtis’ injuries as being related to shaken baby syndrome, and that new evidence showed that the child died of complications related to severe pneumonia.
