CSI On Trial: Ep 6-Shaken Baby Syndrome

CSI On Trial

04/04/23 • 37 min

Warning: This episode contains details of violence against children.

Shaken baby syndrome is a hypothesis that has been around for decades, rooted in the mechanics of whiplash. Medical academics, law enforcement, and prosecutors all agree that violently shaking a baby is a form of child abuse. But Audrey Edmunds, a pregnant mother running a daycare out of her home, was wrongfully convicted of shaking a child who died in her care and served 11 years in prison. The scientific community advocated for her release after studies questioned what was known about the “tell-tale” signs of shaken baby syndrome.

CSI On Trial is a co-production of iHeart Podcasts and School of Humans. It is a Curiosity Podcast based on the Curiosity Stream series CSI On Trial. You can watch all six episodes of the video series here if you sign up for Curiosity Stream.

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04/04/23 • 37 min

CSI On Trial - CSI On Trial: Ep 6-Shaken Baby Syndrome

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This episode contains details of violence against children. Please take care when and where you listen. It's the evening of March first, two thousand and four in Aurora, Illinois. Twenty three year old Noel Quavado is at home with his family. He and his wife, Cynthia, moved here from Mexico four years ago. Cynthia has been home all day caring for their two young sons, Noel Junior, who's twenty two months, and eight month old Alex, while their fat

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