Child Injury Lawyer Blog
By David Wolf, Attorney
Published by Child Injury Lawyer Network
An immigrant from Guatemala may be released in North Carolina within the next year or so due to his immigration status and lack of funds for treatment. When the man was 15 year old, he was convicted of raping his 5 year old cousin who was handicapped. It was truly a heinous crime committed by a teen who needed help. He needed treatment and intervention to try to prevent this from happening again. Since the juvenile justice system incarcerates juveniles in North Carolina until 19, there is a real risk that this criminal juvenile defendant could be released without any appreciable treatment. You can read more about this disturbing story at 18 Year Old Sex Offender May be Released in North Carolina Without Treatment.
Mothers are supposed to care and protect their children – not drown and kill them. Tragically, Leatrice Brewer, age 28, did just that. Leatrice Brewer pleaded guilty by reason of mental defect or diseased for crimes committed against her children. Instead of going to prison for life, she will be sent to a psychiatric facility – possibly for life. Psychiatrists diagnosed Brewer with a major depressive disorder when she killed her children. Supposedly, Brewer thought that her criminal acts were saving her children from the dangers of voo doo.
The parents of a teenage girl filed a wrongful death lawsuit following the death of their 18 year old daughter. The girl was shot and killed by Huntington Beach police officers when they responded to a 911 call about a woman walking with a knife in a park. The girl had been partying the previous night and after getting into a fight with her mother, who she attacked with a knife and cut, left the house with the knife. The teenager was later seen at the park with the knife. When told by police to give up the knife, the girl refused and told that police that she was on drugs and to kill her. The girl began running toward the police with the knife and was shot 15 times by policy when she came within eight feet of the officers.
Police in Brunswick (Glynn County) Georgia charged Bryon Patrick Nail, age 28, with murder for the death of his girlfriend’s 2 child old child. The child suffered head injuries while under the care of Mr. Nail. The toddler was later pronounced dead at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia. Investigation into this untimely and suspicious death of the 2 year old will continue including further review of autopsy and toxicology studies.
A mother of a five month old was recently given a five year prison term for drowning her own child in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Arkisha Johnson was brought into a Wisconsin courtroom to receive her sentence. Arkisha Johnson is brought into the courtroom Wednesday for sentencing for drowning her 5-month-old son, Will, last year. This is a tragic story for the mother, child, the family and the community.