Faulty forensics, child death division

A Frontline/NPR/Pro Publica joint investigation makes a powerful case that prosecutors have drawn on the work of errant labs and expert witnesses to generate unreliable charges, and sometimes convictions, following unexplained deaths of children. Among the targets: numerous parents falsely accused of murdering their own children.

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  • Geez, all they had to do was read Dorothy Rabinowitz in the WSJ in the ’90s to get this story. Some of the finest, noblest investigative reporting ever done.