Chris Brook
Free Joby Rowe. Now.
Joby Rowe has spent almost 5 years in jail for supposedly shaking to death his daughter Alanah. Alanah was found to have encephalopathy...
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Chris Brook
May 16, 20217 min read
Differentiating differential diagnoses: SIDS vs SBS (aka AHT)
Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) is a term used to describe the sudden and unexpected death of a baby less than 1 year old in which...
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Chris Brook
Oct 22, 20202 min read
Road to Damnation: the Wrongful Conviction of Robert Farquharson
The case that drew me into looking at Forensic "Science" and its deep flaws was that of Robert Farquharson, convicted of murdering his...
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Chris Brook
Dec 31, 201912 min read
Why is Shaken Baby Syndrome never witnessed?
In a café in Carrum Downs in 2016, a frustrated 39 year father angrily shook his 5 month old baby. Concerned onlookers called police and...
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Chris Brook
Nov 5, 20194 min read
World expert unable to point to one scientific study underpinning the Shaken Baby hypothesis
Dr. Lori Frasier is a Professor of Paediatrics at Penn State Hershey School of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Child Abuse...
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Chris Brook
Oct 22, 20199 min read
Doubling down on junk science to ensure shaken baby convictions
Earlier this month, Jesse Vinaccia was sentenced to 8.5 years jail for supposedly shaking to death his then girlfriend’s 17 week old son....
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Chris Brook
Oct 2, 20195 min read
Independent Science vs Motivated Advocacy: why can’t medical doctors spot the difference?
The Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services, called the SBU, was established in 1987 and became...
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Chris Brook
Sep 16, 20193 min read
An Anti-Science conference
The National Centre on Shaken Baby Syndrome conference is being held in Sydney this week. The National (U.S.) Centre on SBS is a well...
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Chris Brook
Sep 12, 20193 min read
Look away now CSI fans: why forensics is not science and why that should concern you
In July of 2018 in Victoria, Joby Rowe was convicted of shaking to death his three month old daughter Alanah. Alanah had no external...
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Chris Brook
Sep 7, 20193 min read
Joby Rowe: 9 year sentence based on Junk Science
Joby Rowe was convicted of child homicide in the Supreme Court of Victoria in August 2018, found to have shaken to death his three month...
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Chris Brook
Sep 6, 20194 min read
Shaken Baby Syndrome: It is not science.
In Boston in 1997, nineteen year old British nanny Louise Woodward was accused of murdering Matthew Eappen, an 8 month old child under...
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