Trial by Water

Diagnosing Murder | Ep 2: The Science

Freitag, 17. Oktober 2025 · 1 h 00

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Doctors and lawyers can't come to a consensus on the science of shaken baby syndrome 50 years after it was first proposed as a theory. Does shaking a baby actually lead to the brain damage seen in historical and current cases? And why has the argument become so heated that some describe it as a war?
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