Texas Wants to Execute Robert Roberson for a Crime That Never Occurred
The lead detective on Roberson's case is now trying to save his life.
This week, I published a story in The Nation about Robert Roberson.
Read the full story at The Nation.
More than twenty years ago, Roberson was sentenced to death for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki. If he is executed he will be the first person in the history of the United States to be put to death based on the dubious shaken baby syndrome (SBS) hypothesis, which one judge likened to “junk science.”
As the case against Roberson has unraveled, he’s gained legions of supporters. The most surprising, however, may be Brian Wharton, the lead detective on Roberson’s case.
“Now when I sit down with him, I hear him, I can see him,” Wharton told me. “He was a suspect. That’s the way I saw him, that’s the way I understood him, and that’s the way I listened to him.”
Read the full story at The Nation.
Photo credit: Ilana Panich-Linsman for The Innocence Project.