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The Case of Greg Glod on John Jones
📻 Episode #215
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Jul 28, 2021
About This Episode
At about 9:40AM on March 19th, 2010, John Jones woke to find his daughter Jada unresponsive and called 9-1-1. She was rushed to the hospital where she remained until July 16th, 2010, when she was removed from life support and passed away. Based on the junk science of shaken baby syndrome, John was convicted of…
The Case
At about 9:40AM on March 19th, 2010, John Jones woke to find his daughter Jada unresponsive and called 9-1-1. She was rushed to the hospital where she remained until July 16th, 2010, when she was removed from life support and passed away. Based on the junk science of shaken baby syndrome, John was convicted of murdering his daughter and sentenced to 15 years to life.
Greg Glod, Criminal Justice Fellow at Americans for Prosperity, returns to our podcast to co-host with Jason Flom and share this tragic example of our legal system gone awry.
For more on the junk science of Shaken Baby Syndrome, check out Wrongful Conviction: Junk Science - Shaken Baby Syndrome with host Josh Dubin, released on November 18th, 2020. https://www.wrongfulconvictionpodcast.com/podcast/s12e14-wrongful-conviction-junk-science-shaken-baby-syndrome
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00:05:35“Speaker 3: we start to see these cases appear in published appellate Speaker 3: decisions in the late eighties, and we started to see Speaker 3: prosecutors and pediatricians in particular also pathologists saying that when Speaker 3: children had this collection of findings, which is sometimes called Speaker 3: a triad of findings or a constellation of medical findings”
00:22:07“Speaker 1: baby syndrome cases, CT scans and MRIs will usually show Speaker 1: the chronic subdural bleeding as they found in this case, Speaker 1: which will then be used as evidence of repeated abuse. Well, Speaker 1: it's misused, but used anyway, when all along there's a Speaker 1: legitimate and logical medical explanation. Other potential causes for symptoms”
00:38:25“Speaker 2: shaking babysitcreme correct. Speaker 1: Absolutely So for our listeners, I'm sure you're feeling the Speaker 1: same outrage that I'm feeling now. And what can people do? Speaker 4: I certainly think that people can start writing letters to Speaker 4: the parole board. John won't be eligible for parole until”
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