Positional asphyxiation
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Positional asphyxiation is a fallacious medical theory misused to obtain criminal convictions. The theory is physically implausible and intrinsically entails reasonable doubt such that no reasonable jury would convict based on it.
Improperly relying on a biased Wikipedia entry, the Michigan Supreme Court declared that:
| “ | "Positional asphyxia refers" to suffocation that results when someone's position prevents them from breathing properly. See < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Positional_asphyxia> (accessed July 27, 2004). | ” |
Bryant v. Oakpointe Villa Nursing Ctr., Inc., 471 Mich. 411, 415 n.2, 684 N.W.2d 864, 867 (2004).
A total of 608 decisions -- 408 federal and 200 state -- refer to this bogus, unscientific theory.