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READ

• “Our Child Had a Bruise”: When a Trip to Children’s Mercy Turns Into a Police Investigation — KSHB 41

• Rolla, Mo. Father Fights Child Abuse Charges in Case Involving Son With Brittle Bone Disease — KY3

• After Abuse Accusation Tears Kansas Family Apart, Parents Mourn Time Lost With Kids — Kansas City Star

• To Get Sons Back From the State of Kansas, “Quit Talking About” Husband’s Innocence — Kansas City Star

• Will Kansas Try Army Vet for Murder in “Shaken Baby” Death? — Kansas City Star

• Two Families, Two Fates: When the Misdiagnosis Is Child Abuse — The Marshall Project

• What Happens When Florida Child Abuse Pediatricians Get It Wrong? — WPTV

• Child Abuse Pediatricians: Are Parents Being Wrongly Accused? — FOX 47

• Doctors Accuse Moms of Abusing Their Children, but Their Evidence Is Questioned — Houston Chronicle

• Mississippi’s Child Abuse Pediatrician Works Between Medicine and the Justice System — Mississippi Today

• Missouri Lawmaker Drafts Bill to Protect Families Who May Be Innocent During Child Abuse Investigations — KSHB 41

• Help Reunite Child With His Dad After a Wrongful Medical Diagnosis — Family Petition

• Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Services — Kelley Fong

• They Took the Kids Last Night: How the Child Protection System Puts Families at Risk — Diane Redleaf

• Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families—and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World — Dorothy Roberts

• Flawed Convictions: “Shaken Baby Syndrome” and the Inertia of Injustice — Deborah Tuerkheimer

• Forensic Neuropathology — Jan E. Leestma

• Wounded Innocents: The Real Victims of the War Against Child Abuse — Richard Wexler

• Protecting Your Child from the Child Protection System

• Child Abuse: Medical Diagnosis and Management

• The Forensic Unreliability of the Shaken Baby Syndrome

• It Happened to Audrey: A Terrifying Journey From Loving Mom to Accused Baby Killer

• Family Sues Children’s Hospital, Texas Officials for “Unlawful” Removal of Their Children — ABC News

• They Brought Their Sick Baby to the Hospital. Three Days Later, the State Took Their Kids Away — The Washington Post

• Dallas Couple Wrongly Accused of Abuse Gets Their Kids Back, 7 Months and $300,000 Later — San Antonio Express-News

• Their Baby Was Taken Away and Placed in Foster Care for 164 Days. It Turns Out, He Had a Bone Disorder — The Colorado Sun

• Parents Recount Terror of Wrongful Child Abuse Diagnoses From Former University of Wisconsin Doctor — Wisconsin Watch

• Parents Get $1 Million in False Abuse Case — The Washington Post

• Charges Dropped Against Father Accused of Beating Infant Daughter — CBS Detroit

• North Texas Couple Accused of Child Abuse Gets Baby Back, Allege “Medical Kidnapping” — CBS Texas

• He Frantically Called 911 to Revive His Infant Son. Now He Could Face 12 Years in Prison — ProPublica

• L.A. Man Spent a Decade in Prison for “Shaken Baby Syndrome” Death. Was It Based on Faulty Evidence? — Los Angeles Times

• New Evidence in High-Profile Shaken Baby Case — ProPublica

• Sick Child’s Parents Say Hospital and County Falsely Labeled Them as Child Abusers — Courthouse News Service

• California Father’s Murder Conviction Overturned in Shaken Baby Syndrome Case — San Francisco Chronicle

WATCH

• Take Care of Maya — Netflix

• The Syndrome — Documentary

• Shaken — Documentary

• Accused: Guilty or Innocent? — A&E

• The Innocence Files — Netflix

• The Hidden Truth of Misdiagnosis — Lorina Troy

• The Child Cases — PBS FRONTLINE

• A Disputed Diagnosis That Sends Parents to Prison for Abuse — PBS NewsHour

• In a Moment: The Johan Aspelin Story — IMDb

• Accused: Guilty or Innocent? — Season 2, Episode 4: “Abusive Father or Birth Trauma?”

• Diagnosis Murder — The Fifth Estate

• FRONTLINE: The Child Cases

• CSI on Trial — S1 E4: “Shaken Baby Syndrome”

• 48 Hours — “A Mother Accused”

• Dr. Phil — “The Fight Over Justina: Medical Child Abuse by Parents or Abuse of Power by a Hospital?”

• The Battle for Justina Pelletier — Peacock Documentary Series

• Dr. Phil Primetime — “Robert Roberson: Is He Innocent?

LISTEN

• Do No Harm — Six-Part Podcast Series

• Unjust & Unsolved — Episode 9: Jeffrey Havard

• The Preventionist — Serial Productions & The New York Times

• Do No Harm — NBC News / Wondery

• Wrongful Conviction #361 — Jason Flom with Audrey Edmunds

• Unshaken Truth with Exoneree Audrey Edmunds

• Diagnosing a Verdict with Michelle Weidner

• Abusive Father or Birth Trauma? — Peeps' Creek Podcast