This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man this week could ...

In two child abuse cases, New Jersey top court says expert testimony unreliable 'Shaken Baby Syndrome' has come under scrutiny amid questions about the science New Jersey court is the first to ban ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued the ruling on Thursday, Oct. 9, one week before Robert Roberson’s execution for ...

This decision arises out of two consolidated cases. In State v. Nieves, when the defendant’s son, D.J., was 11 months old, he suffered three medical episodes over the course of two weeks, during which ...

New Jersey’s highest court ruled Thursday that expert testimony about shaken baby syndrome is scientifically unreliable and inadmissible in two upcoming trials, a decision that comes as the long-held ...

Caring for a baby can be rewarding, loving and exciting. But, it can also be frustrating at times. Shaken Baby Syndrome is the most common cause for inflicted brain injury in the first two years of ...

A recent decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court could affect the conviction of a Texas man sitting on death row for shaking his 2-year-old daughter to death. On Nov. 21, the state Supreme Court ...

Robert Roberson with his daughter, Nikki, before her death in 2002. (Courtesy Roberson family) Brian Wharton, the chief detective of a small police force in East Texas, had seen his share of tragedies ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Twenty-six-year-old Lucas Mattix is defying the odds of a devastating diagnosis he received at just six weeks old. His parents noticed he was acting unusual and took him to Nationwide ...

The court found that prosecutors did not prove general acceptance in the medical and biomechanical communities that shaking alone causes the syndrome's symptoms. This ruling impacts two Middlesex ...

TRENTON - The state Supreme Court ruled 6-1 that expert testimony about shaken-baby syndrome is scientifically unreliable and inadmissible in court. The majority on the high court ruled on Nov. 20 to ...