IT MAY not take much force to kill babies, says the largest and most detailed
study yet on the brains of infants whose deaths were suspicious. The findings
challenge the widely held view that only extreme violence causes shaken baby
syndrome.
The research, revealed exclusively to Â鶹´«Ã½, calls into question the
scientific evidence behind many convictions for killing infants and could open
the way for a wave of appeals. “Unless it is certain that injuries were caused
by gross negligence or worse, the judge will direct the jury to acquit,” says
John Binns, a criminal defence solicitor with Victor…
