I remember this case from back when it was found out, and when it was tried.
As I recall, the case against the father was pretty sketchy. It boiled down to his motive and opportunity, all of whitch he denied, and they had no real evidence to back up.
The entire cased hinged on a supposed "prediction" Brian made to his GF that the baby would die young.
Go to Court TV and read about the case,
Missouri v. Brian Stewart. This was by no means an open and shut case, and the conviction, IMHO, was based on the same type of reactions I see in this thread. In fact, if you look into the case, some of the mother's claims are pretty incredible to anyone who knows anything about this disease. Not only that, but the mother had many IV drug users and a known child molester staying at her house.
I saw everything the jury did, and I was left with more than reasonable doubt about the guy's guilt.