A report to be published in the next few weeks by the Attorney Generalwill also reveal that fewer than five out of 89 shaken baby convictionsreviewed gave cause for concern. A third man has had his murderconviction reduced to manslaughter.
When the Court of Appeal overturned Cannings' conviction it saidprosecutions should not go ahead where experts disagreed and there wasno other evidence.
A spokesman for the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths said moremiscarriages of justice could occur unless the Government did more toaddress the "inconsistency and lack of thoroughness" in theinvestigation of sudden infant deaths.
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