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Beyond Reasonable Doubt? How Science Failed Patricia Stallings.
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Beyond Reasonable Doubt? How Science Failed Patricia Stallings.

A metabolic murder.

When Patricia Stallings rushed her sickly infant to a Missouri hospital in 1989, she never imagined she'd leave in handcuffs. As medical tests revealed what multiple labs claimed was ethylene glycol—antifreeze—in her baby's blood, this new mother’s life transformed from newborn baby bliss to an open-and-shut case of attempted murder.

But something about…

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