Monday, September 21, 2026

September 21: Colin Norris: UK: He is a former nurse who has been dubbed "Angel of death." The BBC explores whether it's possible that no murders occurred in the hospitals - and he is therefore innocent?, in a new podcast series - re-examining his conviction of murdering 4 elderly patients and attempting to murder a 5th, in hospitals in Leeds - noting that: "For almost two decades, Norris has maintained his innocence and 16 years after his conviction, his case returned to the spotlight when new evidence, considered by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), threw doubt on his guilt."

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Sunday, September 20, 2026

September 20: Former Neonatal Nurse Lucy Letby: Rachel Aviv, The 'New Yorker' scribe who has studied the case in depth, writes that, "The new Lucy Letby report misses the point," noting that: "The lead nurse for pediatrics said, “No one could give us any other reason and why—why should it just be her? You know, we had highlighted in another table that one of the Registrars”—a junior doctor—“had also been present on a number of—of occasions. But for some reason it was only the nurse that was being sort of pinned.” The Countess’s executives decided that the hospital should no longer treat babies born before thirty-two weeks, because it was “currently understaffed and under skilled,” as one report put it. They also commissioned the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health to review the deaths, and, at another meeting, the executives decided that they would keep Letby away from the unit until the review had been completed. “Frustrated + defeated,” the director of nursing, Alison Kelly, wrote afterward. In an e-mail, Rees called Letby’s prolonged removal from the ward “wrong and immoral,” saying that it was “based on a senior Clinician having a ‘gut feeling’ with no evidence.” She warned of “the message that this sends out—a Clinician is being listened to and supported, with potential devastating consequences for a nurse.” Letby filed a grievance, saying that she had been removed from her job without justification. “It is awful and I don’t know where it has all come from and why they can’t let it go,” Letby said, at her grievance hearing. “I have gone through all of this on their word.” The chair of the grievance hearing said, “It is clear that the 2 consultants”—the British term for senior doctors—“call the shots.” “I was disgusted by their behavior,” the grievance investigator responded. He also said that, if the pediatricians had called the police, the unit would have become a crime scene. “I was happy for the Police to come,” Letby replied. “I had nothing to hide.”

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PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "A separate group of twenty-four clinicians and scientists, including the forensic-science regulator for England a...
Saturday, September 19, 2026

September 19: Curtis Ryan Morris: Maryland: "A baby died in his care: He has spent years trying to clear his name," The Washington Post (Reporter Jasmine Golden) reports, noting that: Morris has proclaimed his innocence for more than a decade. And a legal team now representing him says the proof lies in a critical piece of evidence that never made it in front of a jury. At a court proceeding in late August, Morris’s attorneys pointed to a postmortem CT scan of the child’s head they said shows she suffered from preexisting medical complications, including blood clotting in her brain. The scan, the attorneys said, contradicts the state’s claim that the infant suffered fresh injuries while in Morris’s care. They’re asking a judge to set aside the verdict, or grant him a new trial."

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QUOTE OF  THE DAY: " The challenge for Morris and his attorneys isn’t just convincing the judge that specific medical evidence casts do...
Friday, September 18, 2026

September 18, 2026: Chris Duncan: Louisiana: Read this and shiver. As Radley Balko, an outstanding American author, scholar, investigative journalist and much more writes: "Yesterday afternoon I received a frantic phone call from Allison Statham. She said a detective and patrol officer from the West Monroe Police Department were outside her home in Louisiana. They were demanding a DNA sample. When she refused, she says they threatened to arrest her. Statham’s partner, Mark Dellingham, told the officers that Statham wouldn’t be giving a sample without a warrant. They said they would return the next day with a court order. I can’t begin to describe how nuts this is. But I’m going to try." (Read on!)

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PASSAGE OF THE DAY: "Statham says the officers told her that District Attorney Robert Tew has opened a new investigation into the 1993 ...

September 18: William Whateley: Michigan: National Registry of Exonerations: Anatomy of a flawed arson investigation: Author Ken Otterbourg notes that: While in prison, Whateley shared a cell with Larry Smith Jr., who was exonerated in 2021. After Smith’s release, he brought Whateley’s case to the attention of Life After Justice, which then partnered with the Exoneration Project. "..."The motion included reports from two fire experts who said that Wojtowicz’s investigation was incomplete and unreliable. Michael Higgins, the founder of K-Chem Labs, said that Wojtowicz failed to interview Woodward and her boyfriend, both smokers and the last known people in the trailer, about their activities before they left. He also said that the lack of testing on materials in the trailer made Wojtowicz’s testimony suspect. “Wojtowicz stated that gasoline was poured on the kitchen floor and ignited, without any evidence to substantiate this conclusion,” Higgins wrote. “Wojtowicz did not examine the scene, which would require the investigator to remove the debris from the floor, document with photos and drawings of what he observed, and collect samples that are sent to the laboratory for analysis … Wojtowicz’s statement to the jury was totally fictitious. He had no factual or scientific evidence that there was any flammable liquid in the fire scene.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “William lost nearly a decade of his life because the system failed to apply sound science,” said Jarrett Adams, cofounder...
Thursday, September 17, 2026

September 17: Technology (Gone Wrong!): When even the police unions are worried about the use of Flock, you know there must be something really wrong with it as is evident from this story by Reporters Juan Benn Jr. and Ben Conarck, headed, "D.C. police union, Alexandria leaders voice concerns over Flock technology," and sub-headed, "The AI-powered license-plate readers can track vehicles across vast geographical areas in real time."... "Gregg Pemberton, president of the D.C. police union, said Friday the city’s department has used license plate readers for many years and is a powerful investigative tool. But he noted Flock’s technology can also create detailed files on people not suspected of any crimes. “We have a lot of concerns about whether or not there’s a constitutional question that needs to be addressed there,” Pemberton said. Pemberton’s skepticism of the technology also comes as the union said it learned the police force’s internal affairs department had used the technology to investigate sworn officers. The union filed misconduct complaints and a grievance about what it said was improper use of the technology, but Pemberton saiddepartment leadership has so far declined to investigate. The department has since restricted access to the system, according to the union."

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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “People who often are not on the same page on issues, who have all come together around being deeply angry about Flock” an...
Wednesday, September 16, 2026

September 16: Neonatal nurse Lucy Letby: UK: The Independent (Reporter Albert Toth, asks the questions of the day: "What is the ‘medical evidence’ against Lucy Letby’s convictions - and can she still re-appeal?," noting that: "An expert panel claimed Lucy Letby did not commit the murders of seven babies - with members’ evidence now being considered as part of an application for a fresh Court of Appeal hearing."

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PASSAGE OF THE DAY: " Letby’s legal team said it revealed “significant new medical evidence” based on findings from the expert panel w...