Robert Roberson Case: East Texas man on Death Row Seeks New Trial

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Robert Roberson photographed on Feb. 19, 2023, at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Polunsky Unit in Livingston by Ilana Panich-Linsman for THE INNOCENCE PROJECT.

By JUDE RATCLIFF/Multimedia Journalist

Robert Roberson from East Texas is on death row in Texas after being convicted for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter in 2002. He was found guilty of his causing his daughter’s death by inflicting blunt trauma by violently shaking her

He has maintained his innocence and is asking for a new trial claiming evidence shows the child of natural and accidental causes.

Multimedia journalist Jude Ratcliff provides an update on the case.

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