Although [Louise] Woodward’s case put a spotlight on the questionable science behind shaken baby syndrome, today, mothers, fathers, and caregivers are still being prosecuted for it. It is estimated that over the decades thousands have been accused, and many convicted, of harming or killing a child by shaking.

Now, more than a quarter of a century later, Scheck is again putting shaken baby syndrome on trial. The Innocence Project has taken up the cause of exonerating Robert Roberson, a man who has spent more than 20 years on death row in Texas—mostly in solitary confinement—for the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki.

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