25 years after ‘shaken baby’ conviction, Baltimore County man once again tries to prove his innocence

“The criminal justice system’s demand for proof beyond a reasonable doubt has led to the development of entire scientific fields – some now facing serious questions about their accuracy — aimed at definitively proving a …

No Crime Wrongful Convictions

We invite you to watch this brief (about 15 minutes) TED talk on No Crime Wrongful Convictions.

The cases sponsored by the NCRJ all fall into this category. Thanks to Jordan Silverman for the tip.

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Judge calls BS on “Shaken Baby Syndrome”

Jimenez wrote that the diagnosis of Shaken Baby Syndrome, also known as Abusive Head Trauma, is “an assumption packaged as a medical diagnosis” and “lacks scientific grounding.”

Read the article by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg in The Appeal…

Judge orders Austin babysitter Rosa Jimenez freed from prison, questions guilt

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State District Judge Karen Sage made the ruling after a 2½-hour hearing Tuesday afternoon in which three top pediatric airway specialists testified that 21-month-old Bryan Guttierez most likely swallowed, on his own, the compacted mass of paper …

Theories and frameworks misdefining child abuse

The crucial question posed in the series “Global Child Rights and Wrongs” in the Sunday Guardian is how—and why—child protection laws should, over the past few decades, have led to the wrongful conviction of thousands of innocent parents and care …

Guilty until proved innocent is the new legal standard

The juggernaut of what has become a remorseless child abuse industry rolls on, with parents being framed by protection agencies and wrongfully convicted on the basis of speculation and conjecture.

Read the article by Dr. James Le Fanu in the …

Men accused of killing toddlers say Shaken Baby Syndrome should be on trial, not them

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“Attorneys for the two men said medical experts have relied on three injuries to reach the conclusion that both victims were violently shaken: bleeding behind the eyes, bleeding on the surface of the brain, and brain …

A Syndrome on Trial

“Today, scores of other caregivers are accused of in injuring or killing a baby by shaking every year. But some doctors and lawyers believe the syndrome is being diagnosed too frequently and that debate is playing out in courtrooms around …

Is Shaken Baby Syndrome the New Satanic Panic?

“It’s never simple when science suffers a shakeup. The road to the truth is littered with fallen experts who were disgraced when they tried to disprove—or prove—the common wisdom, be it that the earth revolves around the sun or that …

A Disputed Diagnosis Imprisons Parents

Read these articles in the Washington Post on Shaken Baby Syndrome.…