OAN Staff James Meyers
9:52 AM – Friday, October 18, 2024
The Supreme Court declined to block Texas from executing Robert Roberson, a man who insists his conviction for murdering his 2-year-old daughter was not a “shaken baby syndrome.” However, a Texas Supreme Court ruling, which was handed down moments before, paused the scheduled execution that was set to take place.
The 57-year-old was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday evening, which would’ve made him the first person in the United States to be put to death over such a certain conviction.
Roberson was sentenced to death in 2003 for the murder of his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, after a post-mortem examination concluded she died of injuries from abuse.
Roberson and his lawyers have argued that the child died of complications from…
