7/18/08 (AUT): Austrian Incest Children May Not Testify. Three-day-old Michael - who police call a child of incest and abuse - had an undignified funeral: His little body was tossed into a furnace in the dark cellar where he and his three siblings had been imprisoned along with their mother for their entire lives.

7/04/08 (CAN): Day Care Worker Acquitted In Shaken Baby Case A day care worker accused of shaking a baby so hard that the tot was left half-blind and brain-damaged was acquitted of aggravated assault in Quebec Court yesterday.

6/29/08 (UK): Dr Crippen DNA Was Planted Say U.S Experts Intriguing article recently appearing in the Times that casts doubt over the guilt of one of the most notorious murderers from the last century.

6/28/08 (MN): DNA May Exonerate Accused Bus Driver. DNA from the woman accused of being the driver of the van in a fatal school bus crash wasn't found on materials collected from the van's two front air bags, her attorneys have said.

6/26/08 (AZ): Arizona Doctors To Get Less Protection In Court A 3-year-old law designed to give doctors some protection against malpractice suits is unconstitutional, the state Court of Appeals has ruled.

6/24/08 (CA): Prolific Expert Witness 'Chap' Findlay Dies Memorial services are pending for M. Chapman "Chap" Findlay, a frequent expert witness in bankruptcy and securities litigation, who passed away at his home in Los Angeles.

6/17/08 (US): Chiro Skepticism Interesting debate on the Neurologica blog following a chiropractic malpractice lawsuit.