Junk science and peer review: David L. Faigman points out how an age-old...
COMMENTARY: Commentary: "Putting Scientific Peer Review in the Courtroom: How an age-old technique can help courts solve their junk-science problem," by David L. Faigman, published by Scientific...
View ArticleMotherisk: (Aftermath 4A): Toronto Star says the disaster could have been...
EDITORIAL: "Sick Kids hospital needs to look in the mirror," published by the Globe and Mail on December 21, 2015."In the end, it isn’t just leadership at the Motherisk lab that is on “trial.” It is...
View ArticleBulletin: Pallavi Macharla; Massachusetts; Shaken baby syndrome; Major...
"A former state medical examiner has reversed her finding that a child died of shaken baby syndrome last year, and the woman accused of killing the girl will be able to post bail.Pallavi Macharla, who...
View ArticleBulletin: Roman Zadorov: Israel: Supreme Court to Rule on Zadorov Appeal on...
HEADING: "Supreme Court to Rule on Zadorov Appeal on Tuesday," by reporter Sharon Pulwar, published by Haaretz on December 22, 2105.SUB-HEADING: "The accused has been convicted twice in the 2006 murder...
View ArticleMotherisk: (Aftermath 5): Toronto Hospital for Sick Children never restricted...
PUBLISHER'S VIEW: The failure of the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children to take firm immediate action against the administrators of Motherisk brings to mind the hospital's failure several years...
View ArticleHarry Gleeson: Ireland; Full pardon to be issued for man sent to the gallows...
"Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald, is preparing to issue a full pardon to a man sent to the gallows almost 75 years ago for a murder he did not commit. Harry Gleeson from Co Tipperary is to...
View ArticleMotherisk; (Aftermath 6): Review of "No moral conscience: The Hospital for...
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The now-defunct disastrous 'Motherisk' program at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children raises questions which go to the heart and soul of the revered institution - and those who...
View ArticleJunk science writs: Why Ohio should follow the example of Texas and legislate...
"Science is awesome. It’s also difficult and messy. Science will occasionally embrace false hypotheses, but science also corrects itself well. The scientific method can be short-circuited by basic...
View ArticleBulletin: Roman Zadarov; Israel: Appeal rejected; Israeli Supreme Court:...
"The Israeli Supreme Court 2 to 1 decided to reject Roman Zadarov’s appeal, after he was convicted twice of murdering a little girl named Tair Rada nine years ago while she was studying in school. The...
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Bulletin: Dennis Oland: New Brunswick; Provincial Police Commission to probe...
UPDATED: Provincial Police Commission To Probe Oland Murder InvestigationPosted on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 11:32 AM The New Brunswick Police Commission will be probing the Saint John police's...
View ArticleBulletin: Dennis Oland; New Brunswick; Richard Oland’s killer still at large,...
"Dennis Oland’s mother and wife issued a joint statement Wednesday saying they are certain the person who killed Richard Oland is still on the loose. The statement from Connie and Lisa Oland says they...
View ArticleMotherisk; (Aftermath 7); Probity of Hospital for Sick Children; Flashback to...
PUBLISHER'S VIEW: My reflections on the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children over the past few days - as prompted by revelations of the hospital's 'Motherisk' scandal - have brought back to mind one of...
View ArticleBulletin: Roman Zadarov: Israel: Times of Israel story provides more...
"Rada’s gruesome murder shocked the country in 2006. The eighth-grade student was found dead in a bathroom stall in her school, with slashes to her neck, stab wounds across her body, and severe blows...
View ArticleBulletin; Motherisk: (Aftermath 8): Ontario government announces "an...
PUBLISHER'S VIEW: The journalist in me has drummed up quite a few questions relating to the "independent commission" announced by the Ontario government. The stress on 'independence' - reinforced by...
View ArticleBulletin: Davey Reed: Citing flawed forensics, Virginia governor pardons man...
"Since the day he was accused of setting fire to his Roanoke home and killing his two young children in 1987, Davey Reedy has proclaimed his innocence. “I know with all my heart and all my belief on my...
View ArticleAnna Yocca: Tennessee; The coat hanger abortion is back, and that’s scary for...
STORY: "The coat hanger abortion is back, and that’s scary for all women," by reporter Emily Crockett, published by Vox on December 23, 2015.SUB-HEADING: "If a woman can be charged with attempted...
View ArticleBulletin: Purvi Patel; Indiana; Women's groups (Including some in UK) protest...
"Patel is the second woman to be charged with feticide in the US, but the first to receive a prison sentence. She was prosecuted under state laws that are otherwise intended at targeting illegal...
View ArticleMotherisk: (Aftermath 9): Toronto defence lawyer Daniel Brown notes that...
COMMENTARY: " Junk science is undermining our justice system," by reporter Daniel Brown, published by the Toronto Star on December 29, 2015. (Daniel Brown is a criminal defence lawyer and a Toronto...
View ArticleBulletin: Hassan Diab; France; Significant setback in French courts: The...
STORY:"French court rejects Diab appeal to have key evidence tossed," by reporter Christopher Cobb, published by the Ottawa Citizen on December 29, 2015. PHOTO CAPTION: "Hassan Diab has been held in...
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