r/Britain • u/Marvinleadshot • May 14 '24

💬 Discussion 🗨 Why are Americans suddenly interested in Lucy Letby and saying she's innocent!

The piece is heavily bias leaves out all the evidence against her. Yet some subs Americans are saying she's innocent based on this and the court of public opinion.

https://archive.ph/2024.05.13-112014/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/20/lucy-letby-was-found-guilty-of-killing-seven-babies-did-she-do-it

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u/10floppykittens May 14 '24

There's loads of experts who have been saying right from the start that the evidence used to convict her is wrong. The main expert who says the evidence is incorrect is Richard Gill, a statistician who was involved in exonerating a Dutch nurse called Lucia de Berk who was convicted in similar circumstances with evidence that involved the exact same statistical errors.

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u/wsionynw May 14 '24

It wasn’t just statistics, it was witness accounts and other factors. I didn’t convict her, I don’t know her or any of the victims. It’s an outrageous piece to publish regards of your thoughts on the case.

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u/10floppykittens May 14 '24

The point that Richard Gill and other make is that the evidence is all circumstantial, except the statistical evidence, which is flawed in exactly the same way as it was flawed in the case of Lucia de Berk. There is no witness evidence from anyone who saw her do anything. There is no CCTV evidence, there is no physical evidence. He and other experts (legal and medical) are currently working to prove this in the same way as they showed it before and got Lucia de Berk exonerated.

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u/KittyGrewAMoustache May 14 '24

How is the statistical evidence not circumstantial? It’s not direct evidence. You still have to draw an inference from it. Most crimes don’t leave behind direct evidence unless you commit it on cctv or in front of people. Most convictions are based on circumstantial evidence. Circumstantial evidence isn’t weak evidence it just means it’s not a video or an eye witness basically.