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Texas death row inmate requests stay of execution, citing discredited science

A Texas death row inmate is seeking a stay of execution, arguing his conviction was based on now-discredited science. Attorneys say the man was wrongly convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter in 2002 under the shaken baby syndrome theory, which has since been widely challenged by medical experts.
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