Research Papers or not research papers?
Hello again,
From the appeal the other week, we are waiting to see if Mr Risdon will release the Great Ormond Street Hospital papers will be released that may help our case, apparently they have been worked on for a good number of years but nobody has mentioned them in all the cases that have been held in that time from what I know (and lets face it…that ain’t much usually).
Apparently they don’t seem keen to release them lets see what happens…
Another article from Canada
Ontario Attorney General Chris Bentley said a team of medical and legal experts including Ontario Court Justice Donald Ebbs and the province’s chief forensic pathologist will head the inquiry into the 142 ’shaken baby’ cases investigated during 1986 to 2006.
Photograph by: Stringer/Reuters, Reuters
Linda Nguyen
The Ontario government announced Tuesday it will launch a formal review into shaken baby syndrome cases to determine if any judicial errors resulted from the investigations.
Ontario Attorney General Chris Bentley said a team of medical and legal experts including Ontario Court Justice Donald Ebbs and the province’s chief forensic pathologist will head the inquiry into the 142 “shaken baby” cases investigated during 1986 to 2006.
A second team led by Ontario’s former associate of chief justice, Coulter Osborne, will also look into whether compensation should be paid to those who were wrongfully convicted in the cases.
The reviews follow 169 recommendations made by Justice Stephen Goudge in his final report on the injustices committed by disgraced pathologist Dr. Charles Smith during his tenure as the province’s chief pathologist from 1991 to 2001.
“Justice Goudge has given us an excellent roadmap for progress, and we are following it so that Ontarians who may have been affected by these terrible human tragedies can find the justice they deserve,” he said in a statement. “We will take every opportunity to ensure that justice is done.”
These current cases under review were not investigated by Smith but involved other pathologists, Bentley said.
No timeline was given on when the reviews will be completed.
Smith was found to have committed serious errors in 20 of 45 criminally suspicious deaths he investigated during this period.
Though Smith lacked basic knowledge about forensic pathology, he was considered one of Canada’s leading experts in the field and his findings helped lead to homicide charges against parents and caregivers - many of which were unwarranted.
Goudge’s recommendations were aimed at improving the forensic pathology in the province and included: establishing a governing council to oversee the duties and responsibilities of the coroner’s office and the creation of an accredited one-year university training program.
He also called on the province to address the acute shortage of forensic pathologists by recruiting and paying higher salaries.
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A Note from Keran she is now upto Januarys post and thanks everyone for their continued support. I have to send her some more stamps in now so she can send them out, so hopefully you will hear soon.
Take care
Iain