STORY: "Brian Peixoto’s Final Appeal," by Gus Garcia-Roberts, published by Boston Magazine in its February 2016 issue.
SUB-HEADING: "Twenty years ago, an unreliable witness and questionable medical science branded Peixoto a baby killer and sent him to die in prison. He’s still there, but is he innocent?"
GIST: "In the summer of 2014, two more experts signed
affidavits supporting Peixoto.
Chris Van Ee,
a biomechanical engineer who specializes in
accident reconstruction
and pediatric head injury,
corroborated that a fall down two or three steps
could cause a child’s death, and criticized
the trial testimony of Newberger and Weiner
that Christopher would have
had to have been dropped from great heights to
fracture his skull and
would have been knocked out immediately.
Zhongxue Hua, a pathology professor at Albert Einstein
College of Medicine,
in New York City, and a former New Jersey medical examiner,
said the scientific conclusions made
during Peixoto’s trial were akin to the days when people
thought the world was flat.
“At that time, if the kid had a fracture,” he said,
“then what you’re taught
in medical school is somebody did it.”"
The entire article can be found at:
affidavits supporting Peixoto.
Chris Van Ee,
a biomechanical engineer who specializes in
accident reconstruction
and pediatric head injury,
corroborated that a fall down two or three steps
could cause a child’s death, and criticized
the trial testimony of Newberger and Weiner
that Christopher would have
had to have been dropped from great heights to
fracture his skull and
would have been knocked out immediately.
Zhongxue Hua, a pathology professor at Albert Einstein
College of Medicine,
in New York City, and a former New Jersey medical examiner,
said the scientific conclusions made
during Peixoto’s trial were akin to the days when people
thought the world was flat.
“At that time, if the kid had a fracture,” he said,
“then what you’re taught
in medical school is somebody did it.”"
The entire article can be found at:
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2016/02/07/brian-peixoto-final-appeal/
PUBLISHER'S NOTE:
Dear Reader. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog. We are following this case.
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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:
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