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# 7.1 The Sally Clark case

In the next activity, you will learn more about Sally Clark, what happened to her family, and what happened to her in court.

## Activity 8 Introduction to the Sally Clark case

Allow about 30 minutes

Read the following article, which reports in the case of Sally Clark. As you do so, try to identify some of the issues that you have explored earlier in this course.

- The Observer (2003) ‘The Clark case: the love that put doctors claims on trial’, 2 February. (open the link in a new tab or window by holding down Ctrl [or Cmd on a Mac] when you click on the link)

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### Discussion

Some of the issues you might have identified in the article include:

- the prosecutor’s fallacy
- wrongdoing by expert witnesses
- misunderstandings of statistics.

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