Comments on: The man who exposed the shoddy forensics of Shaken Baby Syndrome — and got prosecuted https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/04/the-man-who-exposed-shoddy-forensics-of-shaken-baby-syndrome-and-got-prosecuted/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 12 Apr 2018 20:00:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Noncenx https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/04/the-man-who-exposed-shoddy-forensics-of-shaken-baby-syndrome-and-got-prosecuted/comment-page-1/#comment-348467 Thu, 12 Apr 2018 20:00:41 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=69912#comment-348467 In reply to gasman.

“Sadly, medicine has its charlatans still.”

As does the legal profession with its prosecutors who only care of winning at all costs, instead of justice.

]]> By: gasman https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/04/the-man-who-exposed-shoddy-forensics-of-shaken-baby-syndrome-and-got-prosecuted/comment-page-1/#comment-348464 Thu, 12 Apr 2018 16:56:13 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=69912#comment-348464 Sadly, medicine has its charlatans still. Good theories that would not succumb to the cold light of real data. So SBS gets created, then with insufficient evidence both the medical and legal communities run with it. Until someone more critically examines whether a seemingly plausible idea is in fact the truth.

Same be said for many other things. SIDS was born on the cases of a medical researcher and murderous mother, since convicted (Waneta Hoyt) of killing five of her own children. While the very cases that were the underpinnings of the SIDS diagnosis were proved bunk, the SIDS diagnosis continues despite adequate validation. http://articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/20/health/he-44680

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