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Science 22 July 2005:
Vol. 309. no. 5734, p. 543
DOI: 10.1126/science.309.5734.543a
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SCIENCE AND LAW:
Flawed Statistics in Murder Trial May Cost Expert His Medical License

Eliot Marshall

In 1999, renowned child abuse expert Roy Meadow overstated the low odds of two infants in the same family dying suddenly for unexplained reasons, helping convict a mother of murdering her two sons. On 15 July, a professional panel ruled that Meadow should be "erased" from the register of physicians in Britain for his statistical blunder.

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Scapegoating Roy Meadow
Gerard J te Meerman
Science Online, 29 Jul 2005 [Full text]

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