In an open letter released today at a virtual press conference sponsored by the Center for Integrity in Forensic Sciences (CIFS), a group of 20 exonerees called on Texas authorities to do everything in their power to prevent the wrongful execution of Robert Roberson, an innocent man who faces execution in Texas on October 16.

Several of the signatories were wrongfully convicted under the now-discredited Shaken Baby Syndrome hypothesis, like Mr. Roberson; five of them appear on the SBS exoneree list maintained by the National Registry of Exonerations.

Josh Burns, an airline pilot who was wrongfully convicted in Michigan of shaking his infant daughter and spent ten years fighting to obtain official recognition of his innocence, read the exonerees’ letter. “We all know the horror of being wrongfully accused and convicted of having hurt a beloved child,” the letter says. “Some of us sought medical help for a sick or injured child, only to be blindsided by abuse accusations stemming from hasty, scientifically dubious diagnoses, including SBS. In the cruelest cases, while grieving the loss of a child, we were unjustly charged with murder, convicted, and sentenced despite considerable reasons to doubt the allegations and despite medical alternatives for the child’s condition. This is what happened to Robert.”

The signatories expressed relief for their own exonerations “after years of heartache, anguish, and despair,” and gratitude to finally be “reunited with our families and communities, free to rebuild the lives stolen from us by the State.” They urge: “This is what we want for Robert and what he deserves,” and implore the Texas authorities “to prevent the wrongful execution of this innocent father.”

Felony Murder Elimination Project encourages our followers and advocates to share this information on their social channels and among their professional and personal networks. Media, links and information included below. Note: Please tag @cifsjustice and use #RobertRoberson if you’re looking to incorporate a hashtag.

• Link to recording of virtual press conference: Exonerees Speak Out for Robert Roberson
• Link to press release: Exonerated Individuals Release Letter Urging Relief for Robert Roberson, Innocent Father Scheduled for Execution on October 16 Based on Discredited “Shaken Baby” Conviction
• Link to exoneree letter: An Open Letter to the Authorites in Texas in Support of Robert Roberson

Sample posts for social media feeds:

• A group of exonerees is calling on Texas authorities to prevent the wrongful execution of Robert Roberson on 10/16/25 for a crime that never occurred. Read the letter and watch the virtual press conference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwwLqIZ1_NU

• BREAKING: Exonerated individuals release letter urging relief for Robert Roberson, innocent father scheduled for execution on October 16 based on discredited “Shaken Baby” conviction https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f4cJnVqGMQNGo0jrRwugW-CY1xsyXfNo/view

• Watch today’s press conference with exonerees and experts with @cifsjustice as they call on Texas authorities to prevent the wrongful execution of Robert Roberson on 10/16/25 for a crime that never occurred. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwwLqIZ1_NU

You can also read more on Roberson’s efforts to save his life and many of the exonerees who are speaking up on his behalf in “Exonerees Urge Relief for Robert Roberson, Innocent Father Scheduled for Execution on Oct. 16 Based on Discredited “Shaken Baby” Conviction from the Innocence Project.