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Displaying 2 items of Wisconsin Watch with the tag "false accusation".
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Embattled former UW child abuse pediatrician resigns Alaska position
February 1st, 2022 | 7 mins 26 secs
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Wisconsin Watch brings you the latest news about former University of Wisconsin pediatrician, Dr. Barbara Knox. On Jan. 27th, Knox resigned from her position leading Alaska’s forensic child abuse clinic — days after Wisconsin Watch and the Anchorage Daily News reported on a couple who lost custody of their two young children after Knox wrongly diagnosed their 3-week-old baby as being abused.
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Jury rejects child abuse charge triggered by former University of Wisconsin doctor
November 23rd, 2021 | 11 mins 25 secs
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Wisconsin Watch brings you a story exploring how a declaration of ‘obvious child abuse’ leveled at a child care provider by a former University of Wisconsin pediatrician fell apart after a five-day trial that centered on the controversial diagnosis of abusive head trauma. The story focuses on Dr. Barbara Knox, who left Wisconsin in 2019 under a cloud of controversy. It is part of our series "Flawed Forensics."