A faulty forensic test sends mothers to prison for killing their newborns

[ad_1] UMÁN, Mexico —  Shortly after being found at a high school on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, the body of a newborn arrived at the medical examiner’s office. The autopsy team placed the boy on a scale — which indicated 5 pounds, 4 ounces — and searched for clues to how he died. Opening his chest, they removed a tiny pair of reddish lungs and set them in a container of water. It was a key moment…

"A faulty forensic test sends mothers to prison for killing their newborns"