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Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

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7.3 The medical evidence

Prosecution medical evidence against Sally Clark was given by Alan Williams, a home office pathologist. However, investigations by Sally Clark’s husband and Marilyn Stowe, a family lawyer working pro bono, discovered exculpatory evidence that had not been shared by Williams with other witnesses, the police or the lawyers. This suggested that Sally Clark’s second son had died naturally of a bacterial infection.