Saturday, February 11, 2012

Stephanie Spurgeon: Florida; Trial; Physicist says 1-year-old did not die from shaking alone. Tampa Bay Times.

STORY: "Physicist says 1-year-old at Palm Harbor day care did not die from shaking alone," by reporter Curtis Krueger, published on Saturday February 11, 2012 in the Tampa Bay Times.
GIST: "Ipser said the U.S. government publishes an index that explains how much force to the head causes head injuries. Based on that index, he said, he was able to calculate that someone shaking Maria would have had to exert as much as 1,500 pounds of force on her to cause such injuries just by shaking her. But that's more force than a human can muster, he said. "You can't do it." Besides, Ipser added, "That force would severely damage the neck." But Maria did not have severe neck injuries. That means Maria did not die from shaking alone, he said. "In my opinion, within a reasonable degree of scientific probability, it's just not possible in general that shaking without blunt impact on a hard surface would be sufficient to cause … this internal evidence of damage," he said."
THE ENTIRE STORY CAN BE FOUND AT:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/physicist-says-1-year-old-was-not-shaken-to-death-at-palm-harbor-day-care/1214938

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:

http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith

Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:

http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html

Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog; hlevy15@gmail.com;