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Dozens Beg Texas Not to Execute 'Innocent' Man

Despite much controversy , Robert Roberson is still scheduled to be executed in Texas on October 17 for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, in 2002—but support is coalescing around him. Roberson was convicted of killing the toddler via the now-widely-discredited "shaken baby syndrome," but Roberson has long...

, Robert Roberson is still scheduled to be executed in Texas on October 17 for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, in 2002—but support is coalescing around him. Roberson was convicted of killing the toddler via the now-widely-discredited "shaken baby syndrome," but Roberson has long insisted he did not shake his daughter, and many agree with him. The Texas court of criminal appeals denied Roberson's appeal last week, and his options are dwindling.

Among the last is a petition for clemency, which his lawyers filed Tuesday, calling for his sentence to be commuted. The latest:.