Anthony—The Medicine & Justice Project
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This is seismic news. It's hard to overstate how big the implications are for both future prosecutions and wrongful convictions. This NJ decision could reshape how courts across the country treat shaken-baby expert testimony.
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NJ Bans ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Evidence in Nationwide First (1)
Criminal prosecutors can’t build murder cases on medical diagnoses that the mere shaking of a baby, without further evidence of trauma, resulted in a child’s death, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is seismic news. It's hard to overstate how big the implications are for both future prosecutions and wrongful convictions. This NJ decision could reshape how courts across the country treat shaken-baby expert testimony.
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...
news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...
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It’s time to abolish the death penalty for good.
Read our new report, Fatal Flaws: Innocence, Death, and Wrongful Convictions in full.
Read our new report, Fatal Flaws: Innocence, Death, and Wrongful Convictions in full.
Fatal Flaws: Innocence, Race, and Wrongful Convictions | American Civil Liberties Union
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November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It’s time to abolish the death penalty for good.
Read our new report, Fatal Flaws: Innocence, Death, and Wrongful Convictions in full.
Read our new report, Fatal Flaws: Innocence, Death, and Wrongful Convictions in full.
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NEW: We released a report exposing how death penalty cases are often plagued with errors and misconduct that lead to wrongful convictions.
Black defendants are more likely to be sentenced to death for a crime they didn’t commit because of the systemic racism baked into the death penalty.
Black defendants are more likely to be sentenced to death for a crime they didn’t commit because of the systemic racism baked into the death penalty.
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
NEW: We released a report exposing how death penalty cases are often plagued with errors and misconduct that lead to wrongful convictions.
Black defendants are more likely to be sentenced to death for a crime they didn’t commit because of the systemic racism baked into the death penalty.
Black defendants are more likely to be sentenced to death for a crime they didn’t commit because of the systemic racism baked into the death penalty.
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Wow, he looks just like him!
November 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Wow, he looks just like him!
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
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One of my favorite bad faith arguments is "well if you believe in DEI do you think the NBA should have to employ more white people??!?1"
My brother in Christ, there has been a concerted effort for 40 years to encourage overseas/European talent to play basketball. There absolutely is DEI in the NBA.
My brother in Christ, there has been a concerted effort for 40 years to encourage overseas/European talent to play basketball. There absolutely is DEI in the NBA.
November 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
One of my favorite bad faith arguments is "well if you believe in DEI do you think the NBA should have to employ more white people??!?1"
My brother in Christ, there has been a concerted effort for 40 years to encourage overseas/European talent to play basketball. There absolutely is DEI in the NBA.
My brother in Christ, there has been a concerted effort for 40 years to encourage overseas/European talent to play basketball. There absolutely is DEI in the NBA.
I'll probably add a post on this to my surely-not-too-full plate tomorrow, but the Fetterman team's statement reads as "hey no biggie but a Senator just died a little bit."
Here’s where I’m at on that. It could be his AICD fired and they’re taking a very nonchalant approach to describing the senator as almost dying, or he had an episode of afib which he also describes as having in the article.
Candidly, I still think it’s more likely it’s afib given the way they described it.
It could be that his AICD was firing for vfib but it sounds just as consistent as afib.
It could be that his AICD was firing for vfib but it sounds just as consistent as afib.
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I'll probably add a post on this to my surely-not-too-full plate tomorrow, but the Fetterman team's statement reads as "hey no biggie but a Senator just died a little bit."
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The idea of encountering someone who went into vfib, resuscitating them in the field and then taking them to the hospital only “out of an abundance of caution” is extremely surreal.
I think Fetterman’s comms folks misheard or let auto correct go.
I think Fetterman’s comms folks misheard or let auto correct go.
There’s a lot happening here, I think they mean “atrial fibrillation” because “ventricular fibrillation” is “clinically dead unless immediately resuscitated”.
Atrial fibrillation is that arrhythmia I talked about a bit on the podcast, and it’s what he’s said was the underlying source of his stroke
Atrial fibrillation is that arrhythmia I talked about a bit on the podcast, and it’s what he’s said was the underlying source of his stroke
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The idea of encountering someone who went into vfib, resuscitating them in the field and then taking them to the hospital only “out of an abundance of caution” is extremely surreal.
I think Fetterman’s comms folks misheard or let auto correct go.
I think Fetterman’s comms folks misheard or let auto correct go.
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BREAKING: Tremane Wood, who was moments away from being executed for a killing his brother admitted to committing, received a last minute clemency grant from Gov. Kevin Stitt www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
Tremane Wood Spared From Execution In Shocking Decision
His case marks only the second time Gov. Kevin Stitt has commuted a death sentence since entering office in 2019.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
BREAKING: Tremane Wood, who was moments away from being executed for a killing his brother admitted to committing, received a last minute clemency grant from Gov. Kevin Stitt www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
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Woody Allen might be a pervert but he’s also famously clever. Noam Chomsky is the most cited academic in the country. And they wanted to have dinner with this barely literate asshole whose other friends’ humor doesn’t rise beyond boob jokes?
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Woody Allen might be a pervert but he’s also famously clever. Noam Chomsky is the most cited academic in the country. And they wanted to have dinner with this barely literate asshole whose other friends’ humor doesn’t rise beyond boob jokes?
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I do think this is a real distinction
Part of the issue is that Good at Words people are generally inclined to accept that people are all different ways and to think that’s just fine. Good at Math people have been allowed too much room to think that only they have the thoughts that matter.
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I do think this is a real distinction
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Also just because it needs to be said
executions have never in the history of ever lowered crime
executions have never in the history of ever lowered crime
This is the average person who describes themself as “moderate”
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Also just because it needs to be said
executions have never in the history of ever lowered crime
executions have never in the history of ever lowered crime
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It’s very funny but the alternative is far, far worse.
He could have tried to intervene and “help”.
He could have tried to intervene and “help”.
RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
November 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It’s very funny but the alternative is far, far worse.
He could have tried to intervene and “help”.
He could have tried to intervene and “help”.
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General rule from my time as a paramedic —
If you are in an environment where someone has collapsed and needs attention, please do not crowd around that person.
Help if you know how to before I get there. If you don’t know how to help but still want to, give some space and offer or I’ll ask.
If you are in an environment where someone has collapsed and needs attention, please do not crowd around that person.
Help if you know how to before I get there. If you don’t know how to help but still want to, give some space and offer or I’ll ask.
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
General rule from my time as a paramedic —
If you are in an environment where someone has collapsed and needs attention, please do not crowd around that person.
Help if you know how to before I get there. If you don’t know how to help but still want to, give some space and offer or I’ll ask.
If you are in an environment where someone has collapsed and needs attention, please do not crowd around that person.
Help if you know how to before I get there. If you don’t know how to help but still want to, give some space and offer or I’ll ask.
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YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO VOTE FOR YOURSELF!
On this beautiful morning in Astoria, I cast my ballot for our city and our future.
I hope you will too.
I hope you will too.
November 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO VOTE FOR YOURSELF!
This retort also makes no sense in light of the ever-increasing NP/PA scope and authority creep. We already *have* people with objectively lower training requirements filling traditional physician roles.
A common retort when you're like 'they should open more medical schools/train more doctors' is that you wouldn't want the quality of care to go down, would you? And honestly, here's the dirty secret as someone with a chronic condition: It ain't that good now
November 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This retort also makes no sense in light of the ever-increasing NP/PA scope and authority creep. We already *have* people with objectively lower training requirements filling traditional physician roles.
False 9 Alcaraz, bench Barry, and listen to offers for Beto. Get McNeil to Narcs Forest and let Dibling find his footing.
#utft
#utft
a man in a suit and tie is talking to another man at a table in a restaurant .
Alt: Ryan Gosling: "well, you gotta die of something"
(It's actually a quote from THE UNTOUCHABLES but I couldn't find that gif)
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November 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
False 9 Alcaraz, bench Barry, and listen to offers for Beto. Get McNeil to Narcs Forest and let Dibling find his footing.
#utft
#utft
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Prisons & jails are already inherently harmful, and placing people in solitary confinement can be lethal to their mental health:
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Prisons & jails are already inherently harmful, and placing people in solitary confinement can be lethal to their mental health:
THE CAM MAY BE LITTLE BUT THE SHAFT IS HUGE
November 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
THE CAM MAY BE LITTLE BUT THE SHAFT IS HUGE
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Can I also just say, again, that the Biden admin under no circumstances committed to “left-wing” migration policy, in any way, shape, or form. I want Douthat to articulate what specific policies he thinks are included in that, because I think he seriously misunderstands the policies at issue.
Utterly bizarre to describe climate change policy as some kind of radical-left albatross.
The IRA contained precisely the kind of 'kitchen table' programs everyone says Democrats should focus on — and they're popular!
The problem was that Americans *didn't know* what the IRA was or who passed it.
The IRA contained precisely the kind of 'kitchen table' programs everyone says Democrats should focus on — and they're popular!
The problem was that Americans *didn't know* what the IRA was or who passed it.
November 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Can I also just say, again, that the Biden admin under no circumstances committed to “left-wing” migration policy, in any way, shape, or form. I want Douthat to articulate what specific policies he thinks are included in that, because I think he seriously misunderstands the policies at issue.
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"Boyd began to violently react, thrashing against his restraints. His eyes rolled back, leaving only their whites, the color of the sheet. Boyd continued to convulse for at least a minute, shaking back and forth and lifting his legs from the gurney"
After Alabama tortured Anthony Boyd to death via nitrogen hypoxia, I looked at witness accounts and the available literature to try to explain what happened to him.
A 6–3 SCOTUS majority didn't think that was worth the effort.
medicineandjustice.beehiiv.com/p/alabama-ni...
A 6–3 SCOTUS majority didn't think that was worth the effort.
medicineandjustice.beehiiv.com/p/alabama-ni...
October 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"Boyd began to violently react, thrashing against his restraints. His eyes rolled back, leaving only their whites, the color of the sheet. Boyd continued to convulse for at least a minute, shaking back and forth and lifting his legs from the gurney"
After Alabama tortured Anthony Boyd to death via nitrogen hypoxia, I looked at witness accounts and the available literature to try to explain what happened to him.
A 6–3 SCOTUS majority didn't think that was worth the effort.
medicineandjustice.beehiiv.com/p/alabama-ni...
A 6–3 SCOTUS majority didn't think that was worth the effort.
medicineandjustice.beehiiv.com/p/alabama-ni...
October 31, 2025 at 6:44 PM
After Alabama tortured Anthony Boyd to death via nitrogen hypoxia, I looked at witness accounts and the available literature to try to explain what happened to him.
A 6–3 SCOTUS majority didn't think that was worth the effort.
medicineandjustice.beehiiv.com/p/alabama-ni...
A 6–3 SCOTUS majority didn't think that was worth the effort.
medicineandjustice.beehiiv.com/p/alabama-ni...
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The funny thing about the invention of the wheel is the guy who invented it died penniless. It wasn't until much much later that pennies were invented
October 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The funny thing about the invention of the wheel is the guy who invented it died penniless. It wasn't until much much later that pennies were invented
Soliciting explanations (educated guesses welcome!) why the evidence doesn't favor mechanical CPR.
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CPR and ECC Guidelines
Discover the latest evidence-based recommendations for CPR and ECC, based on the most comprehensive review of resuscitation science and practice.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Soliciting explanations (educated guesses welcome!) why the evidence doesn't favor mechanical CPR.
cpr.heart.org/en/resuscita...
cpr.heart.org/en/resuscita...