Texas Defender Service Report Reveals Flaws in State’s Junk Science Law, Ineffective Relief Measures
By Alessandra Jimena Soberanes AUSTIN, TX — A recent report from the Texas Defender Service (TDS) highlights…
Former Law Prof Claims Recent Research on ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Leading to Overturning Criminal Convictions
By Audrey Sawyer AUSTIN, TX – More than 15 years ago, pictures were taken of Boston pediatrician…
Robert Roberson Last Man Standing on Death Row for ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’
By Melinda Kukaj DALLAS, TX – Brian Wharton, a retired detective, provides breaking insight through The Dallas…
Defendant Pleads Guilty to Willful and Unlawful Bodily Harm and Death of One-Year-Old ‘Baby R’
By Lovepreet Dhinsa and Linhchi Nguyen SACRAMENTO – In Sacramento County Superior Court last Friday, Kira Collins…
Monday Morning Thoughts: The Troubling History of Shaken Baby Syndrome
In March of 2014, a Yolo County jury returned with a verdict of not guilty on two…
Analysis: No Clear Pattern in Davis’ Uptick in Murders
The tragic murder-suicide last week becomes the latest in a string of murders in Davis. It was…
Preliminary Hearing in Death of Davis Baby Resumes
by Makisha Singh The preliminary hearing for Darnell Dorsey resumed on January 21, 2015. Dorsey, a 21-year-old…
Preliminary Hearing Begins in Death of Davis Baby
By Jackie Snyder and Mahanaz Ebadi On January 20, 2015, the preliminary hearing for Darnell Dorsey began almost…
A Reflection into the Infamous Cases of 2014
by Antoinnette Borbon As the 2014 year comes to a close, I took some time to reflect on…
Vanguard Analysis: Jury Finds Reasonable Doubt in Stone Acquittal
On Wednesday morning at 11, after just three days of deliberations, the jury returned a verdict of…
BREAKING NEWS: Stone Acquitted on Both Counts
A Yolo County jury, a day after they had appeared to reach impasse, came back with a…
Leave No Stone Unturned In Infant Death Trial
by Jane Fitzsimmons On May 13, in the home stretch of the infant death trial, Deputy Public…
Emotional Testimony by Grandmother in Infant Death Trial
by Antoinnette Borbon The courtroom, compiled of family members, friends and colleagues of the Stone family, were…
Stone Case Update: Battle of Words Between Prosecutor and Witness
by Justine Joya The jurors in the Stone case have heard their fair share of expert witness…
Defense’s Expert Testifies in Infant Death Case
by Marya Alloo and Antoinette Borbon In the ongoing emotionally sensitive trial of a man accused of…
Character Witnesses Agree, “Quentin Stone is a Hands-On Dad”
by Jane Fitzsimmons and Justine Joya On the morning of May 7, the Stone trial slowed its…
Expert Testimony Leads to Heated Response by Defense in Infant Death Case
by Antoinnette Borbon, Jane Fitzsimmons, Marya Alloo and Andrew Reis As the prosecution’s “case-in-chief” comes near an…
Prosecution’s Witness Corroborates Prosecution’s Case in Infant’s Death
by Antoinnette Borbon In what would now be the third week of an emotionally charged trial, the…
Trial Update: Controversy Over Evidence Heats Up Defense
By Justine Joya The Stone case continued with the prosecutor calling Yolo County Deputy Coroner Laurel Weeks…
Daunting And Condescending Testimony Exhausts Jury
by Jane Fitzsimmons, Marya Alloo, and Antoinnette Borbon With still weeks of testimony to go, the jury…
