Uganda, March 16 -- Two people were prosecuted and convicted of murder and sentenced; one to life imprisonment and the other to death for a crime they did not commit.

The first case was of a four-year-old girl who was found dead in her bed in 1993. The little girl's uncle, who was with her at the time of her death, was accused of sexually assaulting and then killing her.

The second case was triggered by events that occurred on the evening of February 22, 2002, and led to the death of a six-months-old baby. The baby died after she apparently slipped from the hands of a caregiver and hit her head on the toilet seat. She died a few hours later.

In both cases, the doctors who performed the post-mortem examinations concluded that the childr...