> “Over the past two decades, since Mr. Roberson’s conviction and death sentence, the shaken baby hypothesis has been debunked by evidence-based science, a fact recognized by courts in at least 18 states that have exonerated parents and caregivers like Mr. Roberson who were wrongly convicted under the controversial theory. Brian Wharton, the Lead Detective who investigated Mr. Roberson’s case and testified against him, now believes Mr. Roberson’s daughter died of accidental and natural causes. Mr. Wharton has explained that he deferred to a doctor’s shaken baby diagnosis when he had Mr. Roberson arrested and testified against him. He now publicly urges for relief for Mr. Roberson and has written, ‘I am convinced that [Nikki] was not murdered. Mr. Roberson is innocent. There was no crime. <--- forgot to end the quotation with a closing quote mark.
I can't even fathom the utter despair of losing a child, and then beyond that to be hounded, "investigated," and arrested for it, constantly forced to relive the worst moment of your life on top of the unbelievable grief of losing your child.
I can't either. And yet I know many of them personally. I realized there are hundreds if not thousands of grieving innocent parents locked up for years or decades because of this flawed theory.
