Child Death

Sharon Hinojosa Sentenced: Michigan Mother Convicted Of Killing Kids Gets Life

AP | By ED WHITE | Posted 12.01.2011

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DETROIT -- Calling it a "horrendous" crime, a judge sentenced a Detroit-area mother to life in prison Wednesday for setting a fire that trapped and ki...

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Grieving Mother Faces 36 Months In Jail For Jaywalking After Son Is Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver

Radley Balko | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Wrongful Prosecution, Crime, Jaywalking, Atlanta Crime, Caylees Law, Child Death, Raquel Nelson, Crime News
Radley Balko

We need to start holding prosecutors accountable for bringing unjust charges like those just brought against an Atlanta mother -- even if they may technically be legally permissible.

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Responsibility Lost

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: IV-E Waiver, Orphan, Child Welfare, Dcfs, Garrett Therolf, Trish Ploehn, Zev Yaroslavsky, Daniel Heimpel, Child Death, Foster Care, La Impact, Los Angeles News
Daniel Heimpel

Los Angeles Times' reckless coverage of child deaths threatens the very children we trust it intends to protect.

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Child Mercy Killings: Parents Say Doctors Hastened Death For Kids Dying In Pain

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mercy Killing, Child Cancer, Cancer, Morphine, Medicine, Child Death, Child Hospital, Healthy Living News

CHICAGO — It's a situation too agonizing to contemplate – a child dying and in pain. Now a small but provocative study suggests that docto...

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Stimulants for ADHD Shown to Cause Sudden Death in Children

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Psychiatry, Peter Breggin, ADHD Drug Deaths, Ritalin Deaths, Psychiatric Drugs, Children's Health, Child Death, Stimulants Cause Sudden Death, Healthy Living News
Dr. Peter Breggin

Our children don't need drugs--they need us to protect them from misguided health professionals while we make every effort to meet their real needs in our families and schools.

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Python Strangles 2-Year-Old To Death

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) -- A 2-year-old girl was strangled by a 12-foot Burmese python Wednesday inside a central Florida home, authorities said. The snake was a famil...

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