Texas is about to execute someone based on junk science.

"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...

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/17/texas-house-robert-roberson-execution/Open link View original on lemmy.world

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kboy101222

sh.itjust.works

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

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

in the '80s* and '90s*

Laborer3652

reddthat.com

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Droechai reply

lemm.ee

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