Please stop, a man is about to get wrongfully executed for a crime he didn't commit.
Robert Robertson is an autistic man on death row set on October 17th for a crime he never comitted. The entire case against him has been rooted in ableism, and Texas plans to murder him for it. He's been on death row for over twenty years.
Robert's two-year-old, chronically-ill daughter, Nikki, passed away in the hospital due to prior medical conditions after falling from her bed. Staff misjudged Robert's reaction to her death as "lacking emotion" when it was really a common autistic trait. He was not diagnosed for autism until 2018, well after the trial, in which his autistics traits were used to paint him as a cold and remorseless man, which was not clearly not the case.
The jury was told that Nikki was killed by shaken baby syndrome, and that there was sound proof behind that. That was a lie, many medics and scientists have confirmed that the evidence shows that she died from accidental and natural causes, and was not killed by her father. Therefore, the crime never happened.
Please do everything you can to save Robert, these are the following acts you could do to help his release:
Here are some sources linked to Robert's case by the Innocence Project:
Petition link and call:
Mr. Roberson would be first person in the U.S. executed based on the discredited shaken baby syndrome hypothesis. Act now.
More history on the case:
Robert Roberson, diagnosed with autism after his conviction, faces execution on Oct. 17 due to misjudgments about his demeanor during his da
Scripts if you plan to make a video on your own/a post of your own:
Please use the tag #SaveRobertson on social media platforms to boost this case and save this man's life, thank you!
UPDATE: The texas state has judged a pause for Robert's execution, this does not mean that it is over however, it only means that this is temporary. So, I still plead you to reblog and sign petitions going against his execution. Thank you, and I hope you guys have a great day <3
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Robert Roberson was scheduled to die in a US case where experts cast doubt on the evidence used in his conviction.















