Following a Frye hearing, Judge Pedro J. Jimenez concluded in January 2022 that expert testimony of shaking-only shaken baby ...

New Jersey’s highest court has ruled that expert testimony about shaken baby syndrome is scientifically unreliable and ...

The New Jersey Supreme Court's ruling debunking shaken-baby syndrome could impact criminal convictions and family court ...

New Jersey’s top court on Thursday became the first in the U.S. to prohibit prosecutors from presenting expert testimony that ...

Criminal prosecutors can’t build murder cases on medical diagnoses that the mere shaking of a baby, without further evidence ...

New Jersey’s public defender’s office hailed it a “landmark” moment, stating it reflected the importance of relying on ...

Ruling in a pair of Middlesex County child abuse cases, the state Supreme Court ruled testimony about shaken-baby syndrome is ...

The New Jersey Supreme Court upheld a ruling that questions the scientific reliability of shaken baby syndrome testimony.

Dozens of "shaken baby syndrome" convictions have been overturned over the years, but until now, no state court system has ...

Tre Kenneth Clay, a father accused of murdering his two-month-old son, Elijah Clay, faced a preliminary hearing in Solano ...

Shaken baby syndrome, also called abusive head trauma, happens when a baby or toddler is violently shaken. This causes the brain to bounce inside the skull, leading to swelling, bruising, or bleeding.

The New Jersey Supreme Court declared shaken baby syndrome unreliable, affirming lower court rulings in two fathers' child ...