Sunday, May 18, 2014

Bulletin: Jennifer Hancock; Illinois; First of 2 parts; Key witness in shaken baby syndrome case, a forensic pathologist, says he can no longer stand behind his testimony that abuse was the only possible cause - and now says that death could have resulted from natural or other causes. New information in case uncovered by journalism students from Northwestern University’s Medill Justice Project working in collaboration with the Wisconsin State Journal. (Must Must Read. HL);


STORY: "Key witness changes his view about 2007 infant-death case," by  State Journal reporter Dee J. Hall and journalism students from Northwestern University's Medill Justice Project: Cameron Albert-Deitch, Callie Counsellor, Rebecca Friedman, Christian Holub, Katherine Mirani, Mark Olalde, Alexa Santos, Nicole Sampedro, Jaclyn Skurie and Kevin Trahan, published by the Wisconsin State Journal on May 18, 2014.  The Medill Justice Project, founded in 1999, is an investigative journalism enterprise that examines potentially wrongful convictions, probes systemic criminal justice issues and conducts groundbreaking research. The students were part of an investigative journalism class taught by Northwestern University Professor Alec Klein, director of The Medill Justice Project. Amanda Westrich, The Medill Justice Project’s research associate, also contributed to this report.


The entire story can be found at:

http://host.madison.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/key-witness-changes-his-view-about-infant-death-case/article_0252a2b9-0644-5a3b-a775-96fb031211d8.html

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: 

Dear Reader. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog. We are following this case.
 
I have added a search box for content in this blog which now encompasses several thousand posts. The search box is located  near the bottom of the screen just above the list of links. I am confident that this powerful search tool provided by "Blogger" will help our readers and myself get more out of the site.

The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:

http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith

Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
 
http://smithforensic.blogspot.ca/2013/12/the-charles-smith-award-presented-to_28.html
 
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Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog;