[dlandis]

Note this is an opinion piece and Shaken Baby Syndrome has not been discredited or debunked as the author keeps claiming.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00247-018-4149-1

> Abusive head trauma (AHT) is the leading cause of fatal head injuries in children younger than 2 years.

> There is no controversy concerning the medical validity of the existence of AHT, with multiple components including subdural hematoma, intracranial and spinal changes, complex retinal hemorrhages, and rib and other fractures that are inconsistent with the provided mechanism of trauma

[JamesBarney]

The title isn't clear but the article is.

Shaken baby syndrome has not been debunked but the forensic science that concluded that shaking a baby was the only/most likely cause of those symptoms is what changed. It's now known there are other possible causes for those symptoms and abuse is less likely than some of those other symptoms.

[advisedwang]

My read on the article was that despite the title, it isn't arguing fatal abuse doesn't happen or doesn't cause injuries, but that brain bleeding + brain swelling + retinal bleeding is not enough to diagnose it alone (which the article does not state but I took to imply was the case for Roberson's conviction).

The very quote you mention includes "intracranial and spinal changes", "rib and other fractures" and importantly "inconsistent with the provided mechanism of trauma". That last part is critical, because it means not simply concluding abuse from injuries, but also seeing that the story the caregiver provided doesn't actually make sense.