Sally Clark (August 1964 – 15 March 2007) was a British solicitor who became the victim of a famous miscarriage of justice when she was wrongly convicted of the murder of two of her sons. Clark's first son died suddenly within a few weeks of his birth in 1996. After her second son died in a similar manner, she was arrested in 1998 and tried for the murder of both sons.

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  • Sally Clark (August 1964 – 15 March 2007) was a British solicitor who became the victim of a famous miscarriage of justice when she was wrongly convicted of the murder of two of her sons. Clark's first son died suddenly within a few weeks of his birth in 1996. After her second son died in a similar manner, she was arrested in 1998 and tried for the murder of both sons. Her prosecution was controversial due to statistical evidence presented by paediatrician Professor Sir Roy Meadow, who testified that the chance of two children from an affluent family suffering sudden infant death syndrome was 1 in 73 million, which was arrived by squaring 1 in 8500 for likelihood of a cot death in similar circumstance. The Royal Statistical Society later issued a public statement expressing its concern at the "misuse of statistics in the courts" and arguing that there was "no statistical basis" for Meadow's claim. Clark was convicted in November 1999. The convictions were upheld at appeal in October 2000 but overturned in a second appeal in January 2003, after it emerged that the prosecutor's pathologist had failed to disclose microbiological reports that suggested one of her sons had died of natural causes. She was released from prison having served more than three years of her sentence. The journalist Geoffrey Wansell called Clark's experience "one of the great miscarriages of justice in modern British legal history". As a result of her case, the Attorney-General ordered a review of hundreds of other cases, and two other women convicted of murdering their children had their convictions overturned. Clark died of acute alcohol poisoning in her home in March 2007.
  • Sally Clark-Lockyer was een Engelse advocaat. Ze werd onterecht veroordeeld voor de moord op haar twee zoons in 1999. In 2003 werd dit vonnis tenietgedaan. Clark’s eerste zoon overleed binnen een paar weken na zijn geboorte in1996. Nadat ook haar tweede zoon onder dezelfde omstandigheden overleed werd ze in 1998 gearresteerd en terechtgesteld voor de moord op beide kinderen. Haar veroordeling was controversieel vanwege het statistische bewijs dat gegeven werd door getuige-deskundige kinderarts Professor Sir Roy Meadow. Hij getuigde dat de kans dat twee kinderen binnen een gezin overlijden aan wiegendood 1 in 73 miljoen was, terwijl dit eigenlijk ongeveer 1 in 200 is. Clark werd in november 1999 veroordeeld. Bij haar hoger beroep werd zij in oktober 2000 niet vrijgesproken. Pas in januari 2003, nadat ze ruim drie jaar van haar straf had uitgezeten, werd ze vrijgesproken en vrijgelaten. Journalist Geoffrey Wansell noemde Clark's ervaring "één van de grootste fouten van justitie in de moderne Britse geschiedenis”.
  • Sally Clark foi uma solicitadora britânica que se tornou tristemente célebre ao ser vítima de um erro da justiça. Ela foi condenada em Novembro de 1999 pelo assassinado dos seus dois filhos, Christopher em 1996, e Harry em 1998, ambos com poucas semanas de vida. Foi interposto recurso mas a condenação foi confirmada, em Outubro de 2000, vindo a ser cancelada num segundo apelo, em Janeiro de 2003.
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  • Sally Clark (August 1964 – 15 March 2007) was a British solicitor who became the victim of a famous miscarriage of justice when she was wrongly convicted of the murder of two of her sons. Clark's first son died suddenly within a few weeks of his birth in 1996. After her second son died in a similar manner, she was arrested in 1998 and tried for the murder of both sons.
  • Sally Clark-Lockyer was een Engelse advocaat. Ze werd onterecht veroordeeld voor de moord op haar twee zoons in 1999. In 2003 werd dit vonnis tenietgedaan. Clark’s eerste zoon overleed binnen een paar weken na zijn geboorte in1996. Nadat ook haar tweede zoon onder dezelfde omstandigheden overleed werd ze in 1998 gearresteerd en terechtgesteld voor de moord op beide kinderen.
  • Sally Clark foi uma solicitadora britânica que se tornou tristemente célebre ao ser vítima de um erro da justiça. Ela foi condenada em Novembro de 1999 pelo assassinado dos seus dois filhos, Christopher em 1996, e Harry em 1998, ambos com poucas semanas de vida. Foi interposto recurso mas a condenação foi confirmada, em Outubro de 2000, vindo a ser cancelada num segundo apelo, em Janeiro de 2003.
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