Bulletin: Jeffery Havard: Mississippi; Death Row inmate has officially asked for a new trial, on basis that, "Newly discovered evidence of advances in scientific and medical fields since Havard’s trial demonstrates that the testimony presented at the trial concerning Shaken Baby Syndrome is ill-founded and no longer supported by scientific and medical communities. The Natchez Democrat;

"The Adams County man on death row for the 2002 death of a 6-month-old baby has officially asked the court for a new trial………In the filing with the Adam’s County Circuit Court, Havard contends,  “Newly discovered evidence of advances in scientific and medical fields since Havard’s trial demonstrates that the testimony presented at the trial concerning Shaken Baby Syndrome is ill-founded and no longer supported  by scientific and medical communities…At Havard’s trial, pathologist Steven Hayne – who performed Britt’s autopsy – testified that the baby’s injuries were consistent with Shaken Baby Syndrome. In a 2013 affidavit, however, Hayne said the recent advances in medicine demonstrate “that shaking alone could not produce enough force to produce the injuries that caused the death of Chloe Britt. The current state of the art would classify those injuries as shaken baby syndrome with impact or blunt force trauma.” A second pathologist who has reviewed the case, Dr. Michael Baden, has also concluded that Britt’s death were (sic)  consistent consistent with “a short accidental fall.” Baden’s review also noted Britt did not have other injuries  - such as to the neck, chest, spine and ribs – that are often associated with abusive shaking.”

http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2015/07/30/havard-asks-for-new-trial/