A mother who insists she was wrongly convicted of murdering two of her sons is a step closer to having her case reopened and her conviction quashed. The case raises worrying questions about how law courts deal with statistical evidence. Sally Clark, a solicitor, has always protested that she did not kill her young sons Christopher and Harry, who died a year apart. She says that their deaths were both caused by sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Now, enquiries by New Scientist have confirmed that her case is under consideration by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), the body that investigates possible miscarriages of justice in England.
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