RELEASE: "A Medill Justice Project investigation has discovered several
accidents and medical episodes experts say could have played a role in
the death of a Michigan woman's infant daughter. Accused of shaking her
child to death, Tonia Miller was convicted of second-degree murder in
2003 and is serving a 20 to 30 year prison sentence. After a nine-month examination, MJP co-publishes with Life of the Law
its multi-part investigation of Miller's case, which includes a
podcast available in English and French that delves into the infant's
short life; two in-depth articles that explore experts' opinions on
alternative explanations for her death and examine the use of demeanor
to assess if someone is culpable of a crime; and a video that reveals
the impact on Miller's family and friends in the wake of the tragedy. The stories can be accessed via Life of the Law's website at www.lifeofthelaw.org or via MJP's website at www.medilljusticeproject.org. Since 2012, MJP has been probing shaken-baby syndrome, creating the
world's largest publicly available database of cases, uncovering
evidence that played a role in a federal judge's decision to free from
prison a Chicago-area woman and partnering with The Washington Post on a
two-part series published on page one of the newspaper. Its reporting
on the subject has been honored with an IRE Award, a Robert F. Kennedy
Journalism Award and a Sigma Delta Chi Award, among others. The Medill Justice Project, founded at Northwestern University in
1999, is an award-winning national investigative journalism center that
examines potentially wrongful convictions, probes national systemic
criminal justice issues and conducts groundbreaking research. As
journalists, MJP advocates only for the truth. Life of the Law is a national podcast produced by award-winning
investigative reporters, editors, producers, researchers and legal
scholars. We ask questions, find answers and publish what we discover
about the law in our sound-rich, bi-weekly podcast."
http://www.newschannel10.com/story/34097968/medill-justice-project-discovers-revelatory-information-in-shaken-baby-syndrome-case-where-convicted-mother-maintains-her-innocence
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