Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast
Bad Acts: A True Crime Podcast
Ep. 248 — Is Texas Trying to Execute an Innocent Man?
GOOD NEWS: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has issued a stay of execution for Robert Roberson, III. He is still on death row, but at least Texas can't execute him on Thursday.
In January 2002, 2-year-old Nikki Curtis died from chronic double pneumonia and septic shock, which doctors had been treating. But as she clung to life, some doctors and nurses began to wonder…what if her father had actually shaken her? A doctor diagnosed Nikki with Shaken Baby Syndrome, which is now considered junk science. Still, the state of Texas plans to execute Nikki’s father, Robert Roberson, III on October 16, 2025.
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Episode Source List:
https://lrl.texas.gov/currentissues/clips/resultsLinkclip.cfm?clipID=417836&headline=Doctors%20and%20the%20prosecutor%20say%20an%20autistic%20man%20didn%27t%20kill%20his%20child%2E%20Will%20Texas%20put%20him%20to%20death%3F
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a349_8m58.pdf
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/22-7546.html
https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/10/supreme-court-declines-to-intervene-in-robert-robersons-execution/
https://tcadp.org/2024/10/17/state-of-texas-scheduled-to-execute-robert-roberson/
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TXLmDzEsCCKTKdQ78D3I7ziNDgXIuJo2/view
https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_info/robersonrobert.html
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/06/robert-roberson-execution-psychopath-test
https://innocenceproject.org/news/supporters-call-texas-officials-prevent-october-16th-execution-innocent-man/
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/robert-robersons-scheduled-execution-rally/269-a4df632f-9045-4ae6-a92b-dcee88906f04
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/district-judge-sets-unfortunate-new-execution-date-for-texas-prisoner-robert-roberson-despite-pending-petition-in-support-of-his-innocence-claim
https://theappeal.org/robert-roberson-death-penalty-texas-shaken-baby-greg-abbott-clemency/
https://apnews.com/article/general-news-robert-roberson-capital-punishment-ken-paxton-gretchen-sween-3117443193a8ab0bd46b91803112ed4f
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/20/robert-roberson-texas-death-row-new-trial-petition/
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