Post by mesquite on Mar 23, 2015 10:53:11 GMT -5
For years, cases involving shaken-baby syndrome were often open-and-shut — with the last person to care for the child labeled the abuser.
Some physicians — once believers in Shaken Baby Syndrome who testified for the state in shaking cases — now defend the accused.
www.npr.org/2011/02/09/133625794/More-Doctors-Questioning-Shaken-Baby-Syndrome
More intelligent jurors are starting to understand that eyewitness testimony is not always valid. If we could get them to understand that expert testimony is likewise not always valid we would get more just verdicts.
Some physicians — once believers in Shaken Baby Syndrome who testified for the state in shaking cases — now defend the accused.
www.npr.org/2011/02/09/133625794/More-Doctors-Questioning-Shaken-Baby-Syndrome
More intelligent jurors are starting to understand that eyewitness testimony is not always valid. If we could get them to understand that expert testimony is likewise not always valid we would get more just verdicts.