Last week I rather thoughtfully told you nice people that the first execution over Shaken-Baby Syndrome was about to happen.
Anyways, thankfully it didn't happen:
The execution of Robert Roberson, an autistic Texas man convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter, was halted at the last minute after a novel legal move by a bipartisan group of Texas House members who questioned the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome that helped lead to his conviction.
The diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome, now called abusive head trauma, is still recognized by the American Academy of Pediatrics. But even those who support the diagnosis say that it cannot be determined based on scans or internal conditions alone.
The diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome, now called abusive head trauma, is still recognized by the American Academy of Pediatrics. But even those who support the diagnosis say that it cannot be determined based on scans or internal conditions alone.
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