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The Case of Cynthia Cash - More Bad Forensics

By Steve Hall

"Guilt and innocence," is the title of the editorial in today's Houston Chronicle.One of the most disturbing legal trends in recent memory is the contention of some conservative jurists that a person's actual innocence is not automatically grounds to overturn a conviction.An echo of this pernicious doctrine popped up this week in the case of a former Houston nurse and baby sitter, Cynthia Cash, convicted of the 1998 shaking death of a 4-month-old baby. As reported by the Chronicle's Lise Olsen, an autopsy finding of homicide by the Harris County Medical Examiner's office provided key evidence that led a jury to find Cash guilty. She has served most of a seven-year sentence.That autopsy has now been rewritten to label the cause of death undetermined, and notes no evidence of trauma to the victim, Abbey Clements...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 17, 2009 (boomark / email).