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STORY: "WCVB 5 Investigates: Same expert behind two dropped shaken baby cases Charges dropped against Irish nanny Aisling Brady McCarthy Monday," by reporter Cathy Curran, published on August 31, 2015."
SUB-HEADING: "Aisling Brady McCarthy spent more than two years behind bars while charged with murder in the death of 1-year-old Rehma Sabir, but 5 Investigates has found it's not the first shaken baby allegation by the Middlesex District Attorney's Office that was dropped in the past year."
SUB-HEADING: "The state medical examiner has changed its determination of the manner of death of the Cambridge 1-year-old at the center of a shaken baby case that landed the child’s Irish nanny in jail."
GIST: "Geoffrey Wilson of Malden was accused in 2010 of shaking his 6-month-old son, Nathan, to death. But defense experts found Wilson's son had a rare genetic defect that may have played a role in his death. Last year the Medical Examiner's Office changed the manner of death from "homicide" to "cannot be determined" and -- more than four years after being charged -- the case against him was dropped. The prosecution's medical expert at the center of both cases was Dr. Alice Newton. Wilson's attorney, J.W. Carney, said the case against his client was a "rush to judgment." "Geoff Wilson was arrested at the hospital two hours after his child was taken off life support," Carney said. In McCarthy's case, her lawyers say Newton told prosecutors the nanny shook the baby with the force equal to that experienced in motor vehicle accident. Calls to Newton and to Massachusetts General Hospital, where she currently works, were not returned.........The science behind shaken baby diagnoses are being questioned and in some cases thrown out across the country. "So many questions are being raised about shaken baby syndrome that there are more dismissals of pending cases than there are of new indictments," Carney said."
The entire story can be found at:
http://www.wcvb.com/news/5-investigates-same-expert-behind-two-dropped-shaken-baby-cases/35023752
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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:
