Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment 2016 review of the available scientific evidence finding: There is limited scientific evidence that the triad and therefore its components can be associated with traumatic shaking (low quality evidence). There is insufficient scientific evidence on which to assess the diagnostic accuracy of the triad in identifying traumatic shaking (very …
Child Abuse Allegations
Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Diagnosis That Divides the Medical World
Prosecutors build murder cases on disputed Shaken Baby Syndrome diagnosis
Doctors who diagnosed Shaken Baby Syndrome now defend the accused
High Court Weighs Limits on Child Abuse Evidence
Shaken Baby Syndrome: How Bad Science Can Result in False Confessions
For the past decade, the theory of shaken baby syndrome has been under attack. See here and here. In January, the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois granted Defendant Jennifer Del Prete’s habeas corpus petition where her conviction for first degree murder was based on faulty evidence of shaken baby syndrome. Del …
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‘Shaken baby’ doubters give cases another look (MA)
Experts recant in shaken-baby case (WI)
Arson, shaken baby forensics called into question
Finally, a Judge Calls Shaken Baby Diagnosis an “Article of Faith”
Judge, citing possible innocence, orders release of Hickory Hills woman in shaken baby case (IL)
State v. Bailey
This 2014 NY decision grants a new trial to the Defendant. The decision describes how new medical research casts doubts on the Shaken Baby Syndrome hypothesis and shows that short falls (which this case involved) can cause death.
Recognizing When a Child’s Injury or Illness Is Caused by Abuse
US DOJ guide to conducting an investigation of child injuries.
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