Texas lawmakers visit death row inmate Robert Roberson with one week before scheduled execution

HOUSTON — A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers traveled to Livingston this week to meet with Robert Roberson , a death row inmate scheduled to be executed on October 16, as his legal team makes last-minute appeals to halt the execution based on new medical evidence.

Roberson was convicted in 2003 for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki , who died in 2002. Prosecutors at the time argued that Roberson violently shook his daughter, relying on a theory known as "shaken baby syndrome" to secure the conviction, which has been upheld multiple times over the years.

However, the diagnosis that led to Roberson's conviction has since been widely questioned by the medical community. New medical evidence now suggests that Nikki may have died from an accidental fall and complications fr