(Palestine, TX) — A Texas death row inmate is getting a new hearing based on the state’s “junk science” law.
The 2013 law allows courts to overturn a conviction obtained by evidence based on science that has since been discredited or called into question.
Robert Roberson of Palestine was convicted 15 years ago for the death of his two-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis.
Prosecutors said she died of shaken baby syndrome, but experts have developed divided opinions about the syndrome over the past ten years.
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