Court upholds GMC decision over Sally Clark case pathologist

Sally Clark case revisited : another key statistical oversight

The Sally Clark case was notorious for the prosecution’s misuse of statistics in respect of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). In particular, the claim made by Roy Meadows at the original trial – that there was “only 1 in 73 million chance of both children being SIDS victims” – has been thoroughly, and rightly, discredited. However, as made clear by probability experts who analysed the case, ...

Unexpected infant death: lessons from the Sally Clark case.

In November 1999, in the United Kingdom, a woman was convicted of the murder of her two infant sons. An appeal against the conviction was dismissed in October 2000, but the conviction was quashed by a second court of appeal in January 2003. Review of the autopsy findings showed that standard procedures had not always been followed, thus limiting verification of the alleged findings. Some potent...

Appeal court upholds Oregon's assisted suicide law.

not statistically significant. Women who took ibuprofen also had a lower risk of breast cancer than control patients, but the reduction was less than in women taking aspirin. Paracetamol had no effect. Aspirin reduced the risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women and postmenopausal women, but the effect was more pronounced in postmenopausal women because there were more of them in the study....

Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Yiamouyiannis Suit (1980)

Court upholds parental notice requirement before allowing abortions on minors.