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Roark, Andrew

Age when convicted:

24

Year convicted:

Age of infant/child at death (weeks):

Charge theory:

SBS

Year exonerated/released:

2012

Years incarcerated:

12

Later explanation:

SBS DISCREDITED

Additional information:

Conviction based on SBS/shaken‑impact testimony; later expert recantations and new biomechanical/medical evidence showed the infant’s injuries could have resulted from a prior short fall/old injury and that SBS theory used at trial is no longer scientifically reliable; Texas CCA vacated conviction under Art. 11.073 and Dallas DA declared him actually innocent.

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