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The Case of Clarence Jones
📻 Episode #365
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Jun 08, 2023
About This Episode
On August 25, 1998, in Baltimore, MD, 2-month-old Collin began choking after being put down for a nap. Collin’s father, Clarence Jones, rushed Collin to the hospital when he realized he wasn’t breathing. Doctors became convinced he was a victim of Shaken Baby Syndrome due to evidence of brain swelling and bleeding. Collin died 6…
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The Case
On August 25, 1998, in Baltimore, MD, 2-month-old Collin began choking after being put down for a nap. Collin’s father, Clarence Jones, rushed Collin to the hospital when he realized he wasn’t breathing. Doctors became convinced he was a victim of Shaken Baby Syndrome due to evidence of brain swelling and bleeding. Collin died 6 days later. Despite the fact that Collin had a prior history of health problems that could’ve contributed to Collin's condition, Clarence was sentenced to 30 years in prison for second-degree murder and child abuse. Jason talks to Clarence Jones and Lauren Kelleher, Clarence's attorney.
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00:04:53“Speaker 1: Then would you agree that this could happen to anybody. Speaker 3: Yes, this could happen to anybody. You know the way Speaker 3: it came upon me. I didn't know that they was Speaker 3: trying to arrest me for something like this when I Speaker 3: was a kid. Loving father, very supportive.”
00:18:34“Speaker 5: so the medical establishment was firmly behind the faulty SPS hypothesis, Speaker 5: and the state's panel of five experts, which included Maryland's Speaker 5: chief medical examiner, doctor Dennis Chute, were no exception. Doctor Speaker 5: Shute performed Colin's autopsy and testified to the presence of Speaker 5: the findings associated with SBS, as well as a lack”
00:31:44“Speaker 1: Now I'm not sure how that's possible, but okay, so Speaker 1: you appeal that up to the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. Speaker 1: What happened there? Speaker 4: The Court of Special Appeals in this case, and I Speaker 4: think in most cases it was a three judge panel,”
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