A Whole Life Later · Wrongful Convictions Collective

8 - Dinesh Kumar

November 1, 2024·22 min·2 clips
Dinesh Kumar describes his newborn son turning blue and not breathing, not knowing who to call in a new country.
This episode tells the story of Dinesh Kumar, an immigrant in Canada wrongfully convicted for his infant son's death based on discredited shaken baby syndrome evidence. It explores his coerced guilty plea, the flawed forensic work of Charles Smith, and his eventual acquittal after years of suffering.

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A newborn crisis becomes a wrongful conviction story shaped by plea pressure and family separation.

The episode opens on Dinesh Kumar's month-old son crying, turning blue, and not breathing, then widens into a wrongful conviction story about a family new to Canada and overwhelmed by a criminal process they barely understand.

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For when your queue needs a newborn emergency, a plea deal, and no clean exits.

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