Ernie Lopez: (Texas): Case featured on PBS/Outfront/ProPublica shaken baby syndrome exposee. New trial ordered.

STORY: Texas court voids conviction in child death case by reporter A.C. Thompson published on ProPublica on January 25, 2012.

GIST: "The Lopez case highlights the growing international controversy about the reliability of the science used to prosecute cases of fatal child abuse and sexual assault. In Canada and the U.S. at least 23 people have been wrongly accused [3] of killing children based on questionable medical evidence, and California Gov. Jerry Brown is currently considering commuting the sentence [4] of a grandmother convicted of fatally shaking her 7-week-old grandson.

The Texas court didn’t rule on Lopez’s culpability and did not set him free. Instead, the court concluded that [5] Lopez received ineffective legal representation during his trial because his lawyers failed to challenge the prosecution’s medical evidence."

The entire story can be found at:

http://www.propublica.org/article/texas-court-voids-conviction-in-child-death-case

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: 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.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html

Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog; hlevy15@gmail.com;