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A comment on A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma controversy. Parent comment

Re:A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trau... by bluGill on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @10:58PM (#37669378)
Sure, but the accused should have a lawyer who is screaming about anything that is unreliable.
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Re:A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trau... by TedDoesntTalk on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @09:05AM (#37674088)
Have you seen the caseloads of public defenders?
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Re:A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trau... by razeh on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @10:22PM (#37684430)
There’s no practical way for a defense lawyer to find out what the error rate is for, say, a state lab. Occasionally organizations can do this, for example the innocence project figured out that the FBI’s hair analysis was bogus for decades (https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-testimony-on-mic...).
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