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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Shaken baby syndrome: Junk science?

    The medical diagnosis used to convict a Texas death row inmate has drawn growing skepticism. At least 30 others similarly convicted have been exonerated.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 22, 2024 • 1 min read

    The medical diagnosis used to convict a Texas death row inmate has drawn growing skepticism. At least 30 others similarly convicted have been exonerated.

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    Prop 6 explainer, the fight against Inland Empire’s online shopping warehouses
    1. 0:00Shaken baby syndrome: Junk science?You’re reading this
    2. 13:22‘Only the carrot now, there is no stick’: Prop 6 would change CA prison labor
    3. 21:56A rebellion against the growth of warehouses in the Inland Empire
    4. 32:50Patrice Jetter’s fight for disability rights and marriage equality
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Eleanor Klibanoff

      women’s health reporter, Texas Tribune

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      executive director, The Innocence Center

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Prop 6 explainer, the fight against Inland Empire’s online shopping warehouses
    1. 0:00Shaken baby syndrome: Junk science?You’re reading this
    2. 13:22‘Only the carrot now, there is no stick’: Prop 6 would change CA prison labor
    3. 21:56A rebellion against the growth of warehouses in the Inland Empire
    4. 32:50Patrice Jetter’s fight for disability rights and marriage equality
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand