PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Earlier in August, Robert Roberson's attorneys filed for a second time to convince the court to allow them to present newer evidence. The filing includes a joint statement signed by 10 pathologists from all over the globe, questioning the findings of the Dallas County Coroner’s Office.
The entire historic joint statement can be read at the following link:
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THE FINAL PARAGRAPH: Explaining why this extraordinary group of scientists from around the globe affixed their signatures to this historic document urging an independent, objective reassessment of the cause and manner of Nikki Curtis's death: "Recent assessments by an array of highly qualified medical experts have resulted in well- documented opinions that there was no homicide, suggesting that Mr. Roberson should not have been prosecuted for murder, let alone convicted and sentenced to death. The likely injustice on display in this case threatens the integrity of the entire practice of making cause and manner determinations about in-custody deaths, particularly of children where the entire basis for presuming that a crime occurred rests on medical opinions. With our signatures below, we urge an independent, objective reassessment of the cause and manner of Nikki Curtis’s death."
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THE TEN PATHOLOGISTS:
"Satish Chundru, D.O.
Chief Forensic Pathologist
Board Certified Forensic Pathology
National Association of Medical Examiners; American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Georgetown, Texas
Professor Marta Cohen, OBE, MD, FRCpath, DMJ (Pathol)
Pediatric & Perinatal Pathologist
Sheffield Children NHS FT
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Stephen Cordner
AM PSM MA MB BS BMedSc DipCrim DMJ FRCPath FRCPA
Emeritus Professor in Forensic Medicine, Monash University
Australia
Judy Melinek, M.D.
Forensic Pathologist
CEO, PathologyExpert Inc.
Co-Clinical Director of Forensic Pathology Services for Communio LTD in New Zealand
Clinical Senior Lecturer at the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine,
University of Otago (2020-2024), and a former Associate Clinical Professor at UCSF (2013-
2015)
San Francisco, California
Patricia Moore, D.O.
Former Medical Examiner/Forensic Pathologist for Harris and Montgomery County
Spring, Texas
Dr. Irene Scheimberg
Retired Pediatric Pathologist
London, England
Waney Squier, MBChB, FRCP, FRCPath
Pediatric Neuropathologist (Ret.)
Oxford University John Radcliffe Hospital
United Kingdom
Jane Turner, MD, PhD
Forensic Pathologist
Virchow Consulting Services
Associate Editor, American Journal of Clinical Pathology
Voluntary Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington
University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri
Dr. Ronald Wright, MD JD FAAFS FNAME
Forensic Pathologist
Turtletown, Tennessee
Thomas Young, MD
Forensic Pathologist
Heartland Forensic Pathology, LLC
Kansas City, Missouri"
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue/resource. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. 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/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html 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.
SEE BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE ON-GOING INTERNATIONAL CASES (OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENTAL USA) THAT I AM FOLLOWING ON THIS BLOG, AT THE LINK BELOW: HL:
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/120008354894645705/4704913685758792985
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FINAL WORD: (Applicable to all of our wrongful conviction cases): "Whenever there is a wrongful conviction, it exposes errors in our criminal legal system, and we hope that this case — and lessons from it — can prevent future injustices."
Lawyer Radha Natarajan:
Executive Director: New England Innocence Project;
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FINAL, FINAL WORD: "Since its inception, the Innocence Project has pushed the criminal legal system to confront and correct the laws and policies that cause and contribute to wrongful convictions. They never shied away from the hard cases — the ones involving eyewitness identifications, confessions, and bite marks. Instead, in the course of presenting scientific evidence of innocence, they've exposed the unreliability of evidence that was, for centuries, deemed untouchable." So true!
Christina Swarns: Executive Director: The Innocence Project;
