A woman who pleaded guilty to shaking a baby 35 years ago has been charged with his murder upon his recent death at age 37. Terry McKirchy, now 59 and living in Texas, was babysitting five-month-old ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DPST/Newscom Chelsea F.'s baby, Teddy (both pseudonyms used at the family's request), was born with serious genetic problems—heart ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Jane Turner, a forensic pathologist, says her views on the "absolute" certainty of shaken baby syndrome have evolved over the ...

Shaken Baby Syndrome Remains 'Accepted Scientific Theory' in NY Courts, Judge Rules The Brooklyn district attorney's office may present evidence that an eight-month-old suffered injuries attributable ...

A University of Colorado School of Medicine researcher and colleagues have conducted the first-ever survey of physicians on the validity of "abusive head trauma" as a medical diagnosis. While shaking ...

Exonerated of Shaken Baby Syndrome years apart, Josh Burns and Andrew Roark spotlight questionable medical science in courts ...

A recent decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court could affect the conviction of a Texas man sitting on death row for shaking his 2-year-old daughter to death. On Nov. 21, the state Supreme Court ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas (AP) — Robert Roberson was calm and hopeful as he pondered his mortality and whether he could again avoid becoming the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied ...

Chelsea F.'s baby, Teddy (both pseudonyms used at the family's request), was born with serious genetic problems—heart defects, breathing issues, and brain abnormalities. But when Chelsea rushed the ...

“People are being sent to jail on the basis of junk,” said Dr. Janice Ophoven, a pediatric forensic pathologist in Minnesota who once accepted the concept behind shaken baby science but is now more ...