STORY: "Guilty verdict in Queens shaken-baby trial," by reporter Corey Kilgannon, published by the New York Times on February 1, 2013.
GIST: "After spending five years on Rikers Island awaiting trial in the death
of his 2-month-old daughter Annie, Li Hangbin, 28, was found guilty of
manslaughter in State Supreme Court in Queens on Friday. It took a jury about a day to reach a verdict in the trial after three
weeks of testimony that focused primarily on medical evidence concerning
the girl’s death. Prosecutors said she died because she was shaken and
slammed by Mr. Li in their apartment in Flushing, Queens. Mr. Li was acquitted of the more serious charge of second-degree murder.
Mr. Li faces a maximum of 15 years in jail on the manslaughter
conviction. Adamantly maintaining his innocence, Mr. Li declined several offers of
plea agreements that would have ended his time in jail."
The entire story can be found at:http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/nyregion/guilty-verdict-in-queens-shaken-baby-trial.html?_r=0
UP-DATED STORY: "Prosecutors dropped all charges against Ms. Li last month, and Mr. Li
was also given several offers to plead guilty to lesser charges before
trial, which would have ended his time in jail. But banking on
exoneration, and refusing to admit any guilt, he rejected the offers — a
decision that Mr. Ashley said he had to leave to Mr. Li. “As much as I would like to call that water under the bridge, it’s more
like vintage Champagne under the bridge, and of course now it looks so
tempting,” he said about the spurned plea offers. But Mr. Ashley called Friday’s verdict a victory because of the acquittal on the murder charge. “There’s clearly a victory in this case, in that he’s not facing 25
years to life, but it’s not a total victory,” he said. He called the
jury’s acquittal on the murder charge an indication that they believed
Mr. Li did not act violently toward the baby but perhaps “did not care
for the baby to the level that he should have.” After the verdict was announced, Mr. Li was handcuffed and led out of
the courtroom. Ms. Li, 27, left sobbing uncontrollably, steadied by
supporters. Outside the courthouse, Ms. Li told a group of Chinese-language
reporters, “My husband and I didn’t hurt my baby at all, and our
daughter, watching us in heaven, knows this.”
The up-dated story can be found at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/nyregion/guilty-verdict-in-queens-shaken-baby-trial.html
The up-dated story can be found at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/nyregion/guilty-verdict-in-queens-shaken-baby-trial.html
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