Letter to the Editor: Shaken Baby Syndrome--A Forensic Pediatric Response

Citation:

Chadwick DL, et al.: Letter to the editor: shaken baby syndrome--a forensic pediatric response. Journal of Pediatrics 101(2):321, February 1998.

Notes:

• 24 doctors signed this letter protesting the presentation of scientific evidence in the trial of Louise Woodward.
• They assert that the jury correctly convicted the defendant and that the child would have become rapidly if not immediately unconscious after the injury was incurred.
• The theory that an older injury re-bled, they say, is not a medical diagnosis.
• "The courtroom is not the forum for scientific speculation, but rather the place where only peer-reviewed, generally accepted, and appropriately tested scientific evidence should be presented."

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