Interesting article, thanks. This is about the legal aspects of Shaken Baby Syndrome, and how Robert Roberson's was sentenced to death in Texas on the basis of now-obsolete science.
It's almost impossible for the medical profession to admit that mistakes were made, especially when the mistake takes on a life of its own. I guess the judicial system has a similar problem.
I visited /u/rossant's profile, and found a blog post about his book on this subject: https://cyrille.rossant.net/sbsbook/