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Texas Halts 2003 Piney Woods Death Sentence — ‘Shaken Baby’ Conviction Reconsidered Under Junk Science Law

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the execution of Robert Leslie Roberson, III, who is currently housed on death row in the state’s Polunsky Unit. The court sent the case back to the East Texas Piney Woods trial court in Palestine to consider Roberson’s “new” or “junk” science claim. Roberson’s execution was set for October 16, 2025.

Dr. Phil and Pastor Brian Wharton advocate for Texas Death Row Inmate Robert Roberson (Lan