Dad convicted of reckless homicide in death of 4-month-old daughter to remain in jail (Athens, Wisconsin)

Dad QUENTIN LOUIS was convicted back in 2006 of reckless homicide in the death of his 4-month-old daughter. He has been granted a new trial based on "legal and scientific challenges" to shaken baby sydrome (aka abusive head trauma).

Personally, I'm sceptical. I think a lot of these "challenges" are fueled by defense attorneys without much real science. And besides, in many of these cases the babies had multiple signs of abuse: broken ribs, fractured skulls, etc. Not just the brain injury. Click on the shaken baby tag below for examples.

Note that Daddy was "the only one home" when this baby's brain injuries occurred. This is also typical. Such a coincidence that these "sudden illnesses" usually happen when Mom is not around, isn't it?

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20101006/WDH0101/310060185/Shaken-baby-case-back-in-court

Shaken baby case back in court
October 6, 2010

An Athens man will remain in the Marathon County Jail as he awaits an appeals court ruling related to his conviction in a 2005 shaken-baby case.

Marathon County Circuit Court Judge Vincent Howard denied Quentin Louis' request Tuesday to lower his $200,000 cash bond to $45,000.

Louis was the only one home March 18, 2005, with his 4-month-old daughter, Madelyn, when she became limp and stopped breathing, according to police. She died three days later.

Louis, 29, was sentenced in October 2006 to 20 years in prison on a first-degree reckless homicide charge after jurors found him guilty.

Howard granted Louis a new trial in August 2009 in the wake of legal and scientific challenges to shaken-baby deaths. The Marathon County district attorney's office has appealed Howard's decision.

Louis' attorney, Edward Hunt, asked Howard to reduce the bond because his client's family recently received $45,000 from an insurance policy after Louis' father died this summer, he said.

Howard said he denied the request because the severity of the allegations remains the same even though Louis might get a new trial. The Appeals Court has not set a date for when it will make its ruling.