Overview

• The filing, described by attorney Gretchen Sween as a last resort, seeks permission to present claims that the shaken-baby diagnosis used at trial is unsound.
• Roberson is not pursuing clemency and is focusing on a new-trial strategy, with a possible U.S. Supreme Court appeal only if state relief is denied.
• Dateline’s The Last Appeal debuts Oct. 6 and includes an interview with the case’s lead detective, who now says he believes he helped imprison an innocent man.
• Lester Holt’s team reports new leads, including missing medical records and accounts from medical staff that were not presented to jurors.
• If carried out on Oct. 16, the execution would be the first in the U.S. tied to a conviction centered on shaken baby syndrome.