Proof of Innocence

Abstract

Scientific analysis of the factual medical evidence in public view proves beyond reasonable doubt that 3 year-old Hannah’s untimely death in 2018 had been caused by an invisible head injury sustained in a playtime misadventure a full 15 hours before she suddenly collapsed. But a trained radiologist misrepresented the meaning of Hannah’s CT scan to fit a prejudiced opinion of child abuse causing immediate unresponsiveness, triggering similar errors by a pediatrician, then by police, then by Hannah’s innocent babysitter Lindsay Partin, then by an opthalmologist, then by a pathologist, and eventually by a judge and jury, an appeal court, and finally by the Supreme Court of Ohio. The sociological history of pediatrics sheds some light on how a qualified doctor could make such a dreadful error of judgment, and the science of the subconscious partly explains why Partin made a false confession of assault.