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The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable. Yet the test is still being used to bring murder charges — and get convictions.

e; added "in Multiple U.S. States" to the title

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[-] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 62 points 1 year ago

We as citizens need to push for any judge who allows this to be disbarred. This is insanity.

[-] MightEnlightenYou@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago

In the US. Let's please clarify these things in the title

[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Fair enough, I copied the title from the article without really thinking about it but that's a perfectly reasonable request

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

How horrifying to have your wanted, stillborn child cut open like a high school science experiment. And what about infants who were able to take a breath before dying shortly after birth?

[-] Foofighter@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 year ago

I think it's good practice to carry out an autopsy. But boiling it down to a single piece of evidence which doesn't proof neither if the baby was or wasn't stillborn is insane. On top of that even if it proofed that the child was stillborn or not, it still doesn't proof that the child was subject to murder.

Either the article is leaving out specific details relevant for the case to enrage the reader or the justice system is reeeally shit.

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Spoilers: It's both.

[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

Bruv, women are like 50% of the population. It’s a pretty shit strategy to oppress them. WTF?

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

That has been the strategy for thousands of years

[-] TechyDad@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately, a large group on the right thinks that only men should be in charge. Not just any men, of course. Only straight, white Christian men. They think the rest of us should be subjugated to their whims and should thank them for any scrap of kindness they decide to show us.

"Thank you, sir, for only stomping on my face three times instead of the customary seven. You're so kind!"

[-] orclev@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

You forgot rich as well. Only straight white rich Christian men. Can't have the poors getting any ideas after all.

[-] TechyDad@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

You're right. I knew I left something out.

In fact, a lot of racism is encouraged by the wealthy because the wealthy would rather the poor white guys blame their poverty on those poor brown guys than have both groups team up against the wealthy.

[-] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Absolutely disgusting. And, sadly, not surprising.

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