Deceased tot left in cold garage overnight

Law & Order | 422 hits | Oct 31 8:39 am | Posted by: Hyack

EDMONTON -- A foster mother accused of killing a three-year-old boy in her care left him overnight in an unheated garage wearing only a pull-up diaper, a jury heard yesterday.

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by hurley_108
Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:49 pm
In his opening jury address, Beresh said defence medical experts will testify the fatal injury was likely caused by the boy's self-abusive behaviour and was an "accident."

I understand that it's a defence lawyer's job to raise any defence they can, but how do they find medical people willing to tell such tales under oath?
by 2Cdo
Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:53 pm
"hurley_108" said
In his opening jury address, Beresh said defence medical experts will testify the fatal injury was likely caused by the boy's self-abusive behaviour and was an "accident."

I understand that it's a defence lawyer's job to raise any defence they can, but how do they find medical people willing to tell such tales under oath?

It's stories like this that make me question how foster parents are selected.
by Bacardi4206
Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:00 pm
"2Cdo" said
In his opening jury address, Beresh said defence medical experts will testify the fatal injury was likely caused by the boy's self-abusive behaviour and was an "accident."

I understand that it's a defence lawyer's job to raise any defence they can, but how do they find medical people willing to tell such tales under oath?

It's stories like this that make me question how foster parents are selected.

You can never tell who's a whack-job, pedofile, etc unless they got a previous history of those. It's all just left to chance.
by Brenda
Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:02 pm
Disgusting.
by DerbyX
Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:04 pm
"hurley_108" said
In his opening jury address, Beresh said defence medical experts will testify the fatal injury was likely caused by the boy's self-abusive behaviour and was an "accident."

I understand that it's a defence lawyer's job to raise any defence they can, but how do they find medical people willing to tell such tales under oath?

I don't know but I'm not sure how much weight that would carry. Its one thing to say that someone dies of blunt force trauma to the head but its an entirely different matter to say it was an accident as opposed to deliberately inflicted.

The people caring for this poor child should fry.
by 2Cdo
Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:17 pm
"DerbyX" said
In his opening jury address, Beresh said defence medical experts will testify the fatal injury was likely caused by the boy's self-abusive behaviour and was an "accident."

I understand that it's a defence lawyer's job to raise any defence they can, but how do they find medical people willing to tell such tales under oath?

I don't know but I'm not sure how much weight that would carry. Its one thing to say that someone dies of blunt force trauma to the head but its an entirely different matter to say it was an accident as opposed to deliberately inflicted.

The people caring for this poor child should fry.

A sentiment I agree with whole-heartedly.
by Tracker
Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:22 am
Poor kid. So sad.
by ShepherdsDog
Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:23 am
An unheated concrete cell should be their first stop.
by Brenda
Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:26 am
Don't forget wet clothes...
by ShepherdsDog
Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:29 am
and an exposed wire or two