POST: "Del Prete hearing rescheduled," published by The Medill Justice Project on April 29, 2014.
GIST: "A status hearing in Jennifer Del Prete’s case has been rescheduled for May 7 at 9:30 a.m. in downtown Chicago. The hearing had been set for tomorrow..........Last Monday, Kennelly ordered Del Prete be released from prison while the courts address her claims, which could take years."
The entire post can be found at:
http://www.medilljusticeproject.org/2014/04/29/brief-del-prete-hearing-rescheduled/
See People Magazine article: "Judge Matthew Kennelly turned the tide in Del Prete's favor last January with a 97-page ruling that raised doubts about the science that first put her behind bars. Del Prete, now 43, was convicted of shaking Isabella Zielinski at a home-based day care in December 2002 after finding her apparently unconscious. The child never awoke and died 10 months later. Testimony showed that Del Prete called 911 and administered CPR while waiting for paramedics. And the judge's ruling says the state's own witnesses contradicted the key prosecution theory heard by jurors: that Isabella died of acute trauma inflicted during the infant's time in Del Prete's care. She was convicted and sentenced to 20 years for first-degree murder. But the judge said "no reasonable juror" would convict her based on new evidence that challenged the diagnosis, and that the doctor who testified about the injuries ignored evidence that the victim had suffered an unexplained brain injury days earlier. Kennelly rhetorically asked whether any juror would have found her guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. "The answer to that question is a resounding no," he wrote. Del Prete has always maintained her innocence. Her case caught the attention of Northwestern University's Medill Justice Project, which investigated further and uncovered a letter from a police detective – withheld from the trial and from Del Prete's defense attorney – relaying doubts about the shaken-baby diagnosis from the doctor who performed the autopsy."
http://www.people.com/article/jennifer-del-prete-shaken-baby-syndrome
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/
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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