STORY: "Indiana Attorney General wants Greenburg woman's conviction reinstated: The fight to keep Indiana mom behind bars is escalating," published by 13 WTHR on June 12, 2012.
GIST: "13 Investigates has learned the Indiana attorney general is asking the State Supreme Court to reinstate the conviction of Kristine Bunch. Bunch was convicted in 1996 on arson and murder charges in the death of her three-year-old son Tony following a fire in her Greensburg mobile home in June 1995. She was sentenced to 60 years in prison. In March of this year, after serving 16 years in prison, an appeals court ruled her conviction should be tossed out because new toxicology reports showed her son died of carbon monoxide poisoning. The court said the carbon monoxide finding suggests the fire started in the ceiling and was not intentionally set. The court also said prosecutors withheld evidence in the case. Now instead of giving Bunch a new trial in Decatur County, the attorney general is asking to have the case transferred to the Indiana Supreme Court and to have the Appeals Court ruling overturned. The state said the evidence regarding the ceiling was not new and contradicts statements Bunch told investigators after the fire."
The entire story can be found at:PUBLISHER'S NOTE:
I am monitoring this case. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments.
The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html
Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com
Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog
