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Sponsor
Richard Gill (Leiden University)
http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/~gill
Richard Gill is professor of Mathematical Statistics at the University of Leiden, member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, and President of the Dutch Statistical Society. He collaborates on this case intensively with the Committee Lucia de B (psychiatric doctor Metta de Noo, philosopher of science Ton Derksen) and with many colleagues (in particular, statisticans Peter Grunwald and Piet Groeneboom). His scientific opinion concerning the accusation brought against Mrs Lucia de Berk, is that no murders or murder attemtps were actually committed by anybody. She simply experienced a run of bad luck which together with malicious and persistent gossip about her past catalysed a panic reaction at her hospital - with disastrous consequences for all concerned. Possibly 1 in25 Dutch nurses would experience, in similar circumstances, a similar concentration of "incidents" on their shifts, as Lucia did at two hospitals in the Hague. Fortunately for the Dutch tax-payer, almost all of the "incredible coincidences" simply go unnoticed, or are immediately taken just for what they are - a bit of bad luck.
Homepage of the petition sponsor:
http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/~gill
Site of "Committee Lucia de B"
(Metta de Noo and Ton Derksen):
http://www.luciadeb.nl
The site is mainly in Dutch, but has links to an English translation of much of the site and of key documents on the case.
Dutch and English wikipedia:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucia_de_B
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucia_de_Berk
Peter Grunwald's homepage:
http://homepages.cwi.nl/~pdg/
Piet Groeneboom's blog
(Dutch and English versions):
http://pietg.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/lucia-de-berk-en-de-amateur-statistici-in-dutch/ http://pietg.wordpress.com/2007/05/28/lucia-de-berk-and-the-amateur-statisticians/
29 October 2007: the report of the three wise men, and accompanying press release of the Public Ministry can be found at www.om.nl, as well as on Richard Gill's site and www.luciadeb.nl
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