A Texas appeals court has reversed a judge's order to delay Thursday’s scheduled execution of a man who would become the first person in the U.S. to be put to death for a murder conviction tied to a d

Roberson, 57, was condemned for the 2002 killing of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, in the east Texas city of Palestine.

A man in Texas is due on Thursday to become the first executed in the United States for murder attributed to shaken baby syndrome, despite his lawyers and many Texas lawmakers saying the conviction was based on faulty evidence.

Robert Roberson’s supporters wrangle a temporary delay after a tense legal battle.

A Texas judge has blocked the execution of the first man to be put on death row in the US for murder charges related to "shaken baby syndrome", less than two hours before the capital punishment was due to be carried out.

The Texas Supreme Court has halted the scheduled execution of a man who would have become the first person in the US put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.