Dallas County man exonerated for 2000 conviction based on ‘shaken baby syndrome’
Andrew Wayne Roark, 48, was tried based on medical evidence prosecutors said proved his girlfriend’s 1-year-old child was violently shaken, causing
North Texas man exonerated in shaken baby syndrome case, prosecutors say
Andrew Wayne Roark was convicted in 2000 of injury to a child and sentenced to 35 years in prison, according to a press release from the Dallas County DA.
North Texas man exonerated for 'shaken baby' conviction — 24 years later
Dallas County man Andrew Wayne Roark was exonerated after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said the shaken baby syndrome theory was not scientifically supported. —
Dallas man exonerated in 2000 ‘shaken baby’ conviction, district attorney says
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals cited “changes in science regarding the mechanism of the injury” as the most persuasive evidence presented at trial.
Dallas man cleared after 12 years in prison from Shaken Baby Syndrome case
In 2000, a jury convicted Andrew Wayne Roark of causing injury to a child after a 1997 arrest. The Dallas County District Attorney’s office announced Monday, that the 48-year-old Roak is innocent.
Dallas County man exonerated in 1997 shaken baby case
A Dallas County man who was convicted in a Shaken Baby Syndrome case more than two decades ago has been exonerated.
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Man previously sentenced to 35 years in jail for ‘shaken baby syndrome’ death cleared of wrongdoing
Andrew Wayne Roark, now 48, was convicted after a medical exam found his girlfriend's 1-year-old child was violently shaken, which had caused permanent brain damage. Roark was sentenced to 35 years in ...
Texas Is About to Execute Robert Roberson for a Crime That Never Happened
State courts refused to review Roberson’s case, clearing the way for his execution based on the junk science of shaken baby syndrome.
Top Texas criminal appeals court tosses man’s conviction in DeSoto shaken baby case
Andrew Wayne Roark, 47, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for injury to a child. His 2000 trial centered on medical ...
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Texas Appeals Court Overturns 'Shaken Baby' Conviction Ahead of Execution Date in Another Disputed Case
The Texas Criminal Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday that Andrew Roark, a Dallas man who was sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2000 in a shaken baby case, deserves a new trial because it's ...