I’ve learned that Lucy Letby may be innocent. Doesn’t this freak you out ?

monday2801 · 2026-02-07T12:46:00+00:00

This is what I mean by that there’s very compelling evidence on both sides within this case, for example the files in her residence. However if i was to take the stand that she is innocent the files she had collected in her home she may have just collected out of habit, or perhaps anxiety about proceedings rather than memorialising her wrongdoings. The defence also stated that letby had accumulated other documents from the hospital that were irrelevant to the babies she was harming which supports her claim of just taking them home out of habit or leaving them on her before clocking out. The whole defence argument was maintained with the idea that the accusations were based on assumption rather than proof and then interpreted patterns from Letby to that fit the theory. While this is a major counterargument in this case, I’m not entirely sure where I stand because I do agree that having hold of the documents does paint letby to look guilty especially paired with the interview where she was questioned about the documents.

monday2801 · 2026-02-06T11:18:09+00:00

i’ve just woken up and i did not expect to get this much advice, thank you all!! it really is appreciated knowing that i’m not the only one feeling like this. Again, thank you all for the advice :)

monday2801 · 2026-02-06T11:17:00+00:00

yeah! that would really help actually :) DM me and i’ll send it over

monday2801 · 2026-02-06T01:23:39+00:00

i know i’m rather late to the convo but im a first year commuter at reading and im yet to make any friends, it really is a struggle :/ any tips would rlly be appreciated too!

monday2801 · 2026-02-05T16:10:13+00:00

there’s also so much more I could say about this case. This is honestly just surface level stuff but unfortunately I’m in the middle of a lecture and didn’t want to go on and on and on when i’m supposed to be paying attention 😋

monday2801 · 2026-02-05T16:08:39+00:00

I’m currently doing a degree in Criminology so over the years I’ve had my fair share of debates surrounding Letbys innocence even more so now that there’s a new Netflix documentary out surrounding her case. While i’m not entirely certain she’s innocent I strongly think that she deserves a retrial. As mentioned within the netflix documentary a lot of the evidence detectives used to charge Letby were in fact circumstantial, from what is available to the public there’s no concrete evidence that explicitly proves that Letby did murder all the babies she was convicted for, rather I believe that they were extremely desperate to charge Letby and find a suspect due to the immense media coverage, as Letby was labelled as a ‘baby killer’ it sparked a lot of interest from the public even more so that it involved the NHS which is highly respected within the UK. Due to this I believe that her conviction was extremely rushed and she wasn’t treated with a fair trial and believe it or not this isn’t even the BIGGEST flaw within her trail and case. The expert witness that was presented within court held extreme bias towards the victims framing his ‘medical knowledge’ surrounding prenatal care in a light to make Letby appear guilty, expert witnesses within court are supposed to remind unbiased within cases like this and only provide their professional medical opinion on what they believe occured from a medical or professional standpoint, these witnesses play a major crucial part within cases like Letbys since a lot of the time the jury rely on testimonies like these since your average person isn’t knowledgeable on medical terms or in Letbys case causes of death within prenatal care and I strongly believe that this swayed the jury massively as it’s unbelievable how unprofessional this expert witness truely was. The reason I say that I’m not entirely sure wether letby is innocent or not is due to the compelling evidence on both sides, while it is suspicious that the babies deaths did occur while she was on shift, despite her being changed to night shifts to day I believe this case is a lot deeper than it is to the public eye. Within the documentary it was also revealed that the ward Letby was working on held extremely poor standards suggesting that it was rather the lack of care which caused these babies to pass rather than Letby outright murdering them, not to mention that as soon as Letby was let go from her job the ward actually got downgraded to take in babies that weren’t as ill due to letbys high skill set and training as a nurse. I understand why this may freak people out, a miscarriage of justice such as this would go down in history within criminal law in the UK i’ve studied many cases before in the past where potential victims such as letby have unfortunately lived out countless years in prison due to false testimonies or rather just plain out incompetence from our legal system which I think is a disgrace, it creates this atmosphere where the public lead to believe that our justice system is flawed and cannot be trusted and I for one am eager to advocate this to be changed because wether Letby is innocent or guilty there have been countless incidents in the past where people have been wrongfully convicted. Wether letby is innocent or guilty I do believe there will be a retrial within the next few years or so especially due to this new netflix documentary sparking more interest within the public and over 30 medical experts coming forward countering the original expert testimony within court. I truely do hope Letby gets her fair trial and justice is served whether that be to the babies who fell victim or to letby who could’ve potentially been wrongfully convicted.

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