8 - Dinesh Kumar

In an affidavit in front of the Ontario Court of Appeal, Dinesh Kumar made a powerful statement to the preceding judges: “I do not want my guilty plea to ever be interpreted to mean that I did anything to harm Gaurov. I did not.”. Dinesh had only recently moved to Canada when he became the suspect in his month-old baby’s death. Kylie and Rory tell you his story from his own words this week.

Content warnings: discussed child abuse
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References:
https://www.innocencecanada.com/exonerations/dinesh-kumar/
https://www.wrongfulconvictions.ca/cases/dinesh-kumar
https://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2008/05/part-five-dinesh-kumars-affidavit-heart.html - Dinesh’s affidavit
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-father-s-20-year-battle-for-exoneration/article_69cb1ee4-6dbd-5fe0-8917-cdbc5ebe5f15.html
https://newjerseymonitor.com/2023/09/13/appeals-court-agrees-shaken-baby-syndrome-is-junk-science-in-some-cases/#:~:text=While%20shaken%20baby%20syndrome%20is,being%20assaulted%2C%20Gooden%20Brown%20wrote.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-debate-over-shaken-baby-syndrome-11655387830