The execution of Robert Roberson, an autistic man convicted of murdering his 2-year-old daughter, has been halted by Texas' top criminal court. The court has directed a lower court to re-examine disputed evidence around 'shaken baby syndrome'. The decision comes a week before Roberson's scheduled execution and follows a legal saga that has divided Republican officials and drawn national attention. Roberson's lawyers have questioned the validity of the shaken baby diagnosis, arguing that the child died of medical complications.

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