A 13,000-word investigation in the New Yorker has raised concerns about the safety of the conviction of Lucy Letby, a neonatal nurse who was convicted of the murder of seven babies at Manchester Crown Court last August. The investigation challenges the statistical base of the prosecution's case and questions whether any crime had been committed. Leading statisticians, including British-born statistician Richard Gill, Sir David Spiegelhalter, and Professor Norman Fenton, have pointed out that there was nothing unusual in a cluster of deaths in a neonatal unit. John O'Quigley, an honorary professor in the department of statistical science at the University College of London, argues that the statistical assumptions in the Letby case were incorrect. Peter Elston, a former fund manager, has also raised concerns about the safety of the conviction and the reporting restrictions imposed on the case. Journalist Rachel Aviv, who conducted the investigation, highlighted the limitations of reporting restrictions in the UK compared to the US's First Amendment right to report on criminal courts. If Letby is innocent, her only hope in clearing her name resides with the underfunded and overwhelmed Criminal Cases Review Commission. [b311a960]