Shaken baby syndrome barred

Judge Joseph Neiles barred any reference to the phrase or the concept of “shaken baby syndrome” during the trial for Dustin Two Bulls Sr. The testimony of medical experts convinced him the term didn’t meet the legal criteria for admissible science.

While the dynamics of this case are complicated and the severity of the injuries to this child proved fatal there is an acknowledged controversy between medical experts on the subject of shaken baby syndrome.

Judge Joseph Neiles has also acknowledged this through his ruling and rightly barred the use of shaken baby syndrome from his courtroom.

A question to be asked then is if shaken baby syndrome is not the correct diagnosis then what steps were taken to investigate this case apart from the faulty diagnosis? What evidence of any other mechanism for the injuries were present and investigated? How complete were the medical tests on this child to investigate differential diagnosis or did they simply stop at shaken baby syndrome due to troubled family history and routine diagnosis of a severely injured child.

Source:

http://www.argusleader.com/article/20110508/NEWS/105080304/Justice-silent-after-abuse-leaves-baby-dead

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http://www.keloland.com/NewsDetail6162.cfm?Id=100250