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Texas is about to execute someone based on junk science. (www.texastribune.org)
submitted 16 hours ago by Streetlights@lemmy.world to c/skeptic@lemmy.world
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"Shaken baby syndrome" was a fad medical diagnosis in the 80's and 90's that has led to many miscarriages of justice (e.g. Sally Clark). It has subsequently been widely discredited by most of the Medical community, but that won't stop some prosecuters...

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[-] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 10 points 12 hours ago

The board can take up until two days before the execution, which is slated for Oct. 17, to make its recommendation.

So wait, if evidence showing this man was innocent appeared on the 16th, they'd still kill him?

Jesus Texas is just one giant miscarriage of justice after another, isn't it?

[-] hibsen@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

Other states look to Texas as a leader for both enforcing the rule of law and addressing wrongful convictions.

...they do? Can they stop?

[-] itsnotits@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

in the '80s* and '90s*

[-] Laborer3652@reddthat.com -1 points 9 hours ago

Shaken baby syndrome was not a fad and can be absolutely lethal to infants.

[-] Droechai@lemm.ee 1 points 50 minutes ago* (last edited 47 minutes ago)

A lot of SIDS where wrongfully classified as shaken baby and put blame on people around.

Of course shaking a baby is possibly lethal, just as removing the heart of babies during satanic rituals are lethal. None of that means that it is as prevalent as the then common zeitgeist among prosecutors and rumor mills. It's always easier to blame individuals rather than realizing that it's sometimes luck and sometimes memory manipulation

Edit: SIDS means Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sudden-infant-death-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20352800

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