Attorneys for death-row inmate Robert Roberson urged a Texas court Tuesday to weigh a new ruling from the New Jersey Supreme Court that found shaken baby syndrome evidence too unreliable for juries — a decision they say underscores the shaky science behind Roberson's 2003 conviction.

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that expert testimony on shaken baby syndrome (SBS), also known as abusive head trauma (AHT), is not reliable enough to be presented to a jury in two criminal cases involving injured infants.

The Robert Roberson case

Convicted in 2003, Roberson has maintained his innocence in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, in the East Texas city of Palestine.

Prosecutors at Roberson's 2003 trial argued he hit his daughter and violently shook her, causing s

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