Questions about validity of shaken baby syndrome not enough to give Texas death row inmate new trial, court rules
Robert Roberson was sentenced to death for killing his 2-year-old daughter. Experts have since backtracked on the science used in part to win his conviction. Full Story
![Robert Roberson seeks a new trial for the 2003 conviction of the murder of his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, in Palestine, Texas on August 14, 2018.](https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/56R7pRUQaWMRR_gLJFnLWHuEffg=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/cef9f7c2eb4311fde8f61f0b7843513d/Robert_Roberson_hearing_1_SK_TT.jpg)