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That is true for a number of forensic methods, indeed [1]. For the sole issue of the controversial diagnosis of abusive head trauma (one forensic method among many other, which specifically involves sudden infant deaths or collapses), there may be thousands of wrongful convictions. Courts deserve better.

[1] https://cifsjustice.org/about-cifs/reform-in-forensic-scienc...

[2] https://www.cambridgeblog.org/2023/05/a-journey-into-the-sha...

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37650402

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