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  • I have professional (UK) experience, but not sighted on the evidence or debates in this case or on US law. Firstly: Medical examination appears clear as to the question, did the meth cause death. Cannot say it did is a scientific / medical point. This means possibly, but there is sufficient doubt that it did here. Secondly: placental infection was clearly present. Nothing at all is reported as to how the use of meth could lead to that infection.
    Placental infection could be viral or bacterial. No indication which. Immune weaknesses can lead to higher risk of infections. Meth could create some immune weakness, but you only see that with longer term / higher dose use. Again, not a specific cause that we could say is the cause.

    Unless there is evidence that we don’t see, there is absolutely no way to acheive a balance of probabilities level of evidence, let alone the required level of “beyond all reasonable doubt”.

    It seems that beleifs and words led to this womans conviction rather than facts.