All posts tagged 'shaken-baby syndrome'

Man Gets 7 1/2 Years For Shaking Baby, Causing Brain Trauma

Posted on December 16th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

An Oregon man was sentenced to 7 1/2 years Friday on charges that he shook his 7-month-old daughter so hard that she sustained traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/index.ssf/2012/12/gresham_dad_who_shook_baby_-_c.html Roderick Frimpong, 28, of Gresham received the sentence for first-degree assault in Multnomah County Circuit Court, The Oregonian..
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Casting Doubt On Shaken-Baby Syndrome

Posted on February 13th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

 Have dozens of people been wrongly convicted in shaken-baby syndrome cases?  That’s the issue that The New York Times Magazine tackled Feb. 6, in much detail.   http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/magazine/06baby-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine A good portion of the story is about Trudy Ruenda, who was convicted in a shaken-baby case in Fairfax County, Va., involving baby Noah..
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