"I AM UTTERLY HORRIFIED BY THE ORDEAL ANNE-MARIE ROONEY WAS PUT THROUGH BY THE BRITISH CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ITS OFFICIALS - AS HAVE BEEN SO MANY OTHER MOTHERS AND CARE-GIVERS IN ENGLAND;"
HAROLD LEVY; PUBLISHER; THE CHARLES SMITH BLOG;
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The signs were all there;
A loving mother grieving the loss of her child turning into an alleged killer by the state and its officials which should have been comforting her;
Slavish devotion to an unscientific dogma - so-called baby-shaking syndrome - which has long been repudiated;
The jury's rejection of medical specialists called by the state to spout this dogma in favour of the testimony of the mother who has been put through hell by the process;
The media's elevation of these specialists by terms such as "leading" and "renowned" which suggest to the public that they are infallible;
I am utterly horrified by the ordeal Anne-Marie Rooney was put through by the British criminal justice system and its officials - as have been so many other mothers and care-givers in England;
I am utterly horrified by the ordeal Suzanne Holdsworth was put forward by the British government and its officials - before her ultimate exoneration;
I am utterly horrified that Keran Henderson, also the subject of numerous posts on this Blog, is still undergoing the horror of prosecution in these circumstances;
I am utterly horrified that Anne-Marie Rooney's recent acquittal, following that of Suzanne Holdsworth, has not led to public furor, leading articles in the newspapers, debate in Parliament, calls for reviews of shaking-baby syndrome cases, reviews of prosecution policies, a public demand for compensation for the victims of this misguided "science" and their families, and a deep, public self-examination by the medical profession in Great Britain;
Let sanity - and a sense of justice and humanity - prevail;
Harold Levy; hlevy15@gmail.com;
