In Britain, a public inquiry has released its findings in the case of Lucy Letby, a neonatal nurse convicted in 2023 of murdering seven infants at a Cheshire hospital — yet the report arrives shadowed by a chorus of expert voices questioning whether the evidence ever truly bore the weight of certainty the law demands. The inquiry was not designed to adjudicate guilt, but its conclusions rest upon the assumption of her culpability, a posture that critics argue forecloses the very questions most urgently in need of asking. At stake is something older than this case: the fragile covenant between
Lucy Letby Inquiry Report Released Despite Expert Doubts on Conviction
Seven infants died in cases where Lucy Letby was convicted of murder, though experts question whether she was responsible.