Texas death row inmate at mercy of Supreme Court

Re:Texas death row inmate at mercy of Supreme Court – and ju... by beerandt on Sunday September 24, 2023 @03:59PM (#37636609)

>internal head/brain/eye trauma can have many causes

But almost all have corresponding external trauma.

The cases that don't have matching external trauma narrow it down considerably.

Restrained in a car seat in a rollover wreck? Maybe.

Rolled out of her bed? Not really plausible. But might seem like a good excuse for someone looking to cover up abuse.

Sort of agree with it being scary that a diagnosis implies a crime, but this is a case where the girl died from bad parenting, whether you call it SBS or not.

Hell, even his excuses are giving a 2-year old too many opiates and letting her sleep somewhere she could fall from while sick. Plus lying about the pneumonia, which wasn't present on autopsy.

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Re:Texas death row inmate at mercy of Supreme Court – and ju... by Yoric on Sunday September 24, 2023 @05:18PM (#37637291)

Well, I have neither the medical knowledge nor any kind of deep understanding of this case necessary to pursue this conversation, so I'll bow out.

Thanks for the details!

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Re:Texas death row inmate at mercy of Supreme Court – and ju... by YeGoblynQueenne on Monday September 25, 2023 @08:53AM (#37642952)

>> But might seem like a good excuse for someone looking to cover up abuse.

You have absolutely no way to place any certainty on this "might" at all.

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