Texas lawmakers are urging authorities grant clemency to death row prisoner Robert Roberson, who was convicted in 2003 for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter but has always maintained his innocence. Roberson’s conviction was solely based on forensic testimony that cited the “shaken baby syndrome hypothesis,” which was popularized in the early 2000s but never scientifically validated. Roberson is scheduled to be put to death on October 17. This is Texas state Representative Joe Moody of El Paso. 

Rep. Joe Moody: “You cannot execute someone in a situation where there may not have been a crime committed. And the evidence in Mr. Roberson’s case is of such a degree and such a magnitude that we have to push pause on this case. There is no disagreement that the government taking the life of an innocent person is wrong. And until we have these answers, this case cannot move forward.”