Advocates argue that Robert Roberson, convicted of murdering his daughter over two decades ago, could be a victim of wrongful conviction due to unreliable shaken baby syndrome evidence.
Roberson's attorneys claim that the medical evidence, suggesting shaken baby syndrome, was misinterpreted, pointing instead to double pneumonia as the true cause of his daughter's death.
The American Association of Pediatrics noted in 2020 that shaken baby syndrome has often been misapplied in legal contexts, leading to wrongful convictions in many cases.
Since 1992, at least 30 individuals in the U.S. have been exonerated in cases involving shaken baby syndrome, highlighting the potential flaws in the legal understanding of the condition.
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