HOUSTON — The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Wednesday denied a request for clemency for Robert Roberson, who could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.

HUNTSVILLE — Texas is slated to put Robert Roberson III to death Thursday evening in what could be an unprecedented execution of a disabled man convicted of killing his daughter

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man who could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome is facing a lethal injection Thursday evening amid assertions by his attorneys and a diverse coalition of supporters who say he's innocent and was convicted on faulty scientific evidence.