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'Shaken baby' death row inmate Robert Roberson turns to Supreme Court to halt his execution

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Robert Roberson is the first person set to be executed in the U.S. based on the largely discredited "shaken baby syndrome" hypothesis.

Roberson argues that his federal due process rights were violated when Texas ' highest court refused to consider his bid to reopen the case.

The plea comes after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied his requests to either have his sentence commuted to life in prison or to have his execution delayed.

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