RELEASE: "Dr. Waney Squier: Innocence Network Champion of Justice Award Winner, published in anticipation of the Network's annual conference in San Antonio Texas on April 8 and 9.
GIST: "During her 31 years at Oxford, she has specialized in the pathology of the developing brain in the fetus, neonate, and child. Dr. Squier was among the first in the world to recognize the criminal justice implications of scientific research that cast doubt on the medical hypothesis known as Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS). She has been relentless and courageous in seeking to prevent this frequently accepted but unproven hypothesis from sustaining or producing wrongful convictions. Her influence has been felt around the world, as she has written reports and/or testified in more than 160 cases in Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Through scores of peer-reviewed articles, invited lectures, and television appearances, Dr. Squier has sought to inform prosecutors, defence lawyers, coroners, forensic pathologists, and the public at large that the SBS hypothesis has caused, and will continue to cause, miscarriages of justice when accepted uncritically. She has had a particularly strong voice that has encouraged innocence organizations throughout the Network to devote more and more resources to examining the integrity of convictions that were premised on the SBS hypothesis. This scrutiny has contributed to at least 19 exonerations in the United States, with more abroad and many more cases in the pipeline. Dr. Squier has been personally involved in a number of these cases. Because of her efforts, many wrongful convictions around the world have been – and will continue to be – averted."
The entire release can be found at:
https://innocencenetwork2016.topi.com/speaker/dr-waney-squier-WxYDZ
PUBLISHER'S NOTE:
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.
Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com
Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.
