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  • In rush to protect children "experts" use junk science to accuse inocent parents

    12/13/2003 8:13:38 AM PST · by Centennial · 2 replies · 175+ views
    London Telegraph ^ | 12/13/03 | James Le Fanu / David Derbyshire
    In the rush to protect children, 'experts' use junk science to accuse innocent parents (Filed: 13/12/2003) Evidence is growing of disturbing flaws in the way allegations of child abuse are made and then pursued. James Le Fanu and David Derbyshire investigate First there was Sally Clark, then Trupti Patel, and now Angela Cannings. Three women wrongly accused of serial infanticide - one of the most horrendous crimes imaginable. Each prosecution relied on evidence from Sir Roy Meadow, Britain's leading cot-death expert who decided that, on the balance of probability, these mothers had murdered their children. Yet, according to a growing...
  • Case may turn on legally vulnerable evidence [Shanley]

    05/03/2002 8:09:40 AM PDT · by Mike Fieschko · 1 replies · 225+ views
    Boston.com ^ | 05/02/2002 | Michele Kurtz
    <p>If prosecutors' evidence against the Rev. Paul Shanley comes largely from the account of a man who says he blocked out the alleged abuse for years, their case could hinge on the legally problematic issue of whether ''recovered'' memories can be admitted as evidence at trial.</p>