STORY: "Richter to get new trial in 'shaken baby' case: Trial date to be set later," by reporter Bob Watson, published on April 18, 2013.
GIST: "Shelley Richter will get a new trial. Five weeks ago, a Cole County jury found Richter guilty of endangering the welfare of a child, for the Aug. 19, 2010, accident in her home day care center that left a 7 month-old boy with serious head injuries. But the jury found Richter not guilty of the more serious charge, felony child abuse. Richter had argued that she dropped the boy as she was falling backwards, after tripping over a toddler who had walked behind her. Cole County Presiding Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce apologized to the baby’s family, that they will have to go through another trial. But, she said, Richter was entitled to the new trial because a November 2010 sheriff’s report of a new hotline call investigation never was provided to the prosecution or defense. “I do not understand how the sheriff’s office did not forward this report,” Joyce said."
The entire story can be found at:
http://www.newstribune.com/news/2013/apr/18/richter-get-new-trial-shaken-baby-case-trial-date-/
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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/
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http://smithforensic.blogspot.
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Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.
