In addition to its terrible injustice, this grim story may be of special interest to #Motherisk families (speaking of #accountability):
Broadwater was convicted on two pieces of evidence: Sebold's account; and a now-debunked #hair analysis: cnn.com/2021/11/24/us/…
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Broadwater was convicted on two pieces of evidence: Sebold's account; and a now-debunked #hair analysis: cnn.com/2021/11/24/us/…
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#Motherisk families were destroyed because #SickKids idol Dr Gideon Koren was believed about #hair samples arising from his allegedly "forensic" analysis.
Indeed, he was believed for a very long time.
thestar.com/news/crime/201…
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Indeed, he was believed for a very long time.
thestar.com/news/crime/201…
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Indeed US courts recognized "extensive problems with how hair-strand tests were done at #SickKids, *two decades* before similar issues were uncovered in Canada”: preventionconversation.org/2017/10/22/fif…
Were there consequences to Koren's #misconduct? Or #accountability?
Unsurprisingly, no.
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Were there consequences to Koren's #misconduct? Or #accountability?
Unsurprisingly, no.
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No long term consequences for Koren who had already escaped #accountability after being found guilty of professional #misconduct including anonymous hate mail AND research misconduct at @uoftmedicine: forbetterscience.com/2020/06/29/mot…
🙏 again, Leonid Schneider
🙏 again, Leonid Schneider
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