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All evidence points to Robert Roberson's innocence. Texas still plans to execute him. Roberson remains scheduled to die by lethal injection despite evidence indicating he was wrongfully convicted for the death of his 2-year-old daughter Nikki, whom police believed was shaken to death. Amanda Lee Myers Taylor Wilson USA TODAY What happens to a man on death row when the lead detective in his case says he got it wrong, that he’s convinced of the inmate's innocence, and has been begging for the courts, for the governor – anyone – to save that man's life? In Texas so far, nothing. Robert Leslie Roberson remains scheduled to die by lethal injection on Thursday despite all evidence indicating he was wrongfully convicted for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki, in 2002. At the time, investigators saw what they wanted to see: shaken baby syndrome. In reality, little Nikki had pneumonia in both lungs, she had pre-existing conditions for which she was prescribed opio...