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Judge blocks execution of Robert Roberson in controversial shaken baby case (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Robert Roberson has thanked supporters for winning a temporary reprieve in the controversial case.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can't believe they got so close to executing the guy. There's so much evidence that she died from illness, and "shaken baby syndrome" turned out not to be a thing. It's frightening that so many were willing to say "yeah, but they found him guilty at the time."

[–] FigMcLargeHuge 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The guy that arrested him initially was on the news last night stating that they didn't know about all of her previous medical history. Excuse me, but isn't that your fucking JOB, to investigate that?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I heard him on NPR saying they really screwed up.

The guy is autistic, and one of the big things that got him arrested is that he didn't seem very emotional when they took the baby to the hospital. I mean, I get that hospital staff needs to be on the lookout for strange behavior when there's a death or serious injury, but once there's a good explanation, that in itself shouldn't be an issue.