Judge signs vacate order: Michigan Innocence Clinic has been working with the state’s attorney general’s office to petition an order to vacate Josh’s unjust conviction. This order was supported by our current prosecutor and the judge signed off on the order.

In 2018, tragedy came to the Imschweiler family.

Tom and Laura’s four-month-old baby Franklin contracted a severe case of hand food and mouth disease, which caused him to exhibit a 104° fever. The baby was also experiencing issues keeping food down. A doctor however, reassured the Imschweiler family that the virus would run its course.

Some good news today: The Michigan Innocence Clinic was able to get a new trial for Tonia Miller, a falsely accused victim in an SBS case that Torn Family board member Jeremy Praay has been involved in.

From Apple Podcasts:

"Melissa Bright thinks she's living every parent's worst nightmare when her five-month-old baby tumbles from a lawn chair and hits his head on the driveway. But after she rushes him to the hospital, a new nightmare begins.

This excellent article highlights the insanity and devastation of Lynn Sheets’ work, a doctor using unscientific research to create dangerous federal legislation that will fund exhaustive screening of any infant with a bruise. Interestingly, accidental injury of the infant in this case is being blamed on a pediatrician, Dr. John Cox.

I first read about Shawn Brown's case shortly after his conviction in 2010. As I learned more about it, I was struck by how similar it was to so many other "shaken-baby" cases. It was, in essence, a "triad only" case.

Child Abuse Pediatrician Dr. Lynn Sheets of the University of Wisconsin is working with Senator Baldwin to enact a bill that would use taxpayer dollars to develop an “early detection” program for child abuse.

WHAT: Oral Arguments for Josh Burns’ Appeal
WHEN: Monday April 15th, 2:00pm
WHERE: Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse 231 W. Lafayette Detroit, Michigan 48226 – Room 212

We need your help to write your representative. A law is being revised to allow doctors who give false, negligent, or unscientific testimony to escape any repercussions.

This year Torn Family board member and former University of Michigan Professor of Pathology Dr. Douglas Smith was able to assist in a case involving a child with “bruising” on the abdomen. His findings provided multiple non-abusive explanations for the bruising, ultimately helping the parents get their child back from CPS custody.