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>>YeGobl+(OP)
I'm always bothered by how doctor's word is always taken as gospel. Anyone who's gone through the medical merry-go-round knows that doctors opinions on the same set of symptoms can be all over the place, some even outright idiotic.

>>Workac+le
Folks identified the dad as weird and in over his head, so untrustworthy and guilty. This isn't isolated, it's the norm. So, for 30 years or so the medical community had this voodoo DX to justify locking up social outcasts. And they seem completely OK with having done so. The DX sort of is not accepted anymore. But, the article describes a list of other voodoo sciences that demonstrate something remains very broken in the process for establishing facts, and we see time and time again that systems you'd think are driven by analytical rigor are really just a school popularity contests all grown up.

>>unytti+bg
That could all be true, but folks also testified they personally witnessed him violently shaking at least one kid.

You can be against junk science, but entertain the likely possibility he also did it.

>>SV_Bub+Un
You can also entertain the possibility that he did it, while still wanting a justice system that insists on absolute proof of guilt before killing someone.

>>brooks+Yo
* The daughter was sick from birth with breathing apnea, with bouts causing her to collapse and stop breathing.

* Had severe undiagnosed pneumonia.

* Was prescribed an opioid medication that is no longer deemed safe for children.

* Had diarrhea and a fever of 104F for 5 days prior to her death.

How can you not entertain the possibility that her death had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that someone claims a dude shook a child one time?