For 43 years and counting, an explanation for a medical phenomenon without scientific evidences is still supported. Shaken Baby Syndrome has been drilled into the minds of Doctors and Pediatrician as fact, and is here to stay.
Shaken Baby Syndrome was first coined by John Caffey in 1972. This syndrome was based on his personal observations of babies who had these three symptoms, but no obvious signs of physical trauma to the head or neck.
“The state’s theory is that a person can pick up a baby and shake the baby hard enough to create subdural bleeding in protective layers of the brain, bleeding in the eyes and brain swelling that can leads to the baby’s death. But not injure the baby in any other way. No bruising, no broken ribs, no neck injury, that somehow you can get the forces high enough to create the kinds of injuries you see in a high speed car crash, said Carrie …show more content…
The studies that follow the scientific method by testing a hypothesis through controlled conditions, fail to produce evidence that supports SBS. “15 to 20 years ago I was tasked to look into the papers that support Shaken baby Syndrome. I had an office staff and I asked for someone to give me all the papers on Shaken Baby Syndrome and at that time it was only at hat high and I Started reading through them and halfway through it dawned on me that I realized there was nothing there. There is nothing to indicate that what they are saying is correct, said Thomas L. Bohan, past president of the american academy of forensic sciences.
In fact, innocent people are sent to prison with no physical evidence, tying them to the crime. Expert witness testimony alone, sends people to prison based on this
Shaken Baby Syndrome was first coined by John Caffey in 1972. This syndrome was based on his personal observations of babies who had these three symptoms, but no obvious signs of physical trauma to the head or neck.
“The state’s theory is that a person can pick up a baby and shake the baby hard enough to create subdural bleeding in protective layers of the brain, bleeding in the eyes and brain swelling that can leads to the baby’s death. But not injure the baby in any other way. No bruising, no broken ribs, no neck injury, that somehow you can get the forces high enough to create the kinds of injuries you see in a high speed car crash, said Carrie …show more content…
The studies that follow the scientific method by testing a hypothesis through controlled conditions, fail to produce evidence that supports SBS. “15 to 20 years ago I was tasked to look into the papers that support Shaken baby Syndrome. I had an office staff and I asked for someone to give me all the papers on Shaken Baby Syndrome and at that time it was only at hat high and I Started reading through them and halfway through it dawned on me that I realized there was nothing there. There is nothing to indicate that what they are saying is correct, said Thomas L. Bohan, past president of the american academy of forensic sciences.
In fact, innocent people are sent to prison with no physical evidence, tying them to the crime. Expert witness testimony alone, sends people to prison based on this