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Texas’ top criminal court paused Robert Roberson’s execution for the third time, just days before his scheduled lethal injection.

He was set to become the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to shaken baby syndrome.

The stay was granted based on Texas’ junk science law and similarities to another overturned shaken baby case.

HOUSTON — Texas’ top criminal court on Thursday again paused the execution of Robert Roberson, just days before he was set to become the first person in the U.S. put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.

This was the third execution date that Roberson’s lawyers have been able to stay since 2

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