“Research and scientific studies conducted after the date of Zavion Johnson’s trial have altered the opinions of the prosecution experts,” Sacramento County Chief Deputy Dist. Northwestern University’s Medill Justice Project said in 2015 that there were more than 3,000 shaken baby syndrome cases nationwide, though attorneys said it’s not clear how many might have resulted in wrongful convictions. His is among a nationwide series of recent legal challenges to what used to be accepted evidence of “shaken baby syndrome.”Īt least 14 people nationwide have been exonerated since 2011 in shaken baby cases, attorneys said, citing the National Registry of Exonerations.
Johnson will remain free while prosecutors decide whether to seek a new trial. “I’m hoping for a positive future - for my life to begin,” Johnson said in a statement released by his attorneys after that ruling. On Friday, a state judge set aside Johnson’s conviction.
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