Re: Professor Sir Roy Meadow struck off medical register

["John M Price PhD" <jmprice@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Brian Morgan wrote:
[snip]

> Some have already argued that when an eminent expert slips in one
> respect then maybe
> other parts of his work should also be examined. He did after all shred
> (or had shredded) all his paperwork
> and data from his research and case studies so they could not be
> independently reviewed
> to validate the opinions expressed in court.

This is wrong.  This is wrong everywhere that I know of, even if it is
simply a research paper being published, let alone evidentiary material
where life and liberty are at stake.

You cannot punish a researcher enough for this kind of fraud.  (Sure,
maybe the destroyed data DID support his conclusions.  Just where is the
evidence for that, now?)

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