Wednesday, March 15, 2006
 
If A Child Dies Nearby, It's a Felony
The solution:
    Federal prosecutors say the use and manufacture of methamphetamine by a Jefferson County man contributed to the death of his infant daughter in 2003. If a judge agrees, 28-year-old James G. Hayes could spend 30 years behind bars.
The problem?
    The death of 4-week-old Jersie N. Hayes was reported to authorities on Jan. 21, 2003 by Hayes' girlfriend, Kristy Toczylowski, who is the mother of four children with Hayes. The child was found in bed at the couple's home on Treeview Lane, south of Fenton.

    [redacted by blogger] even though an autopsy on the child proved inconclusive.
The missing ingredient, the magical summation that this blogger withheld to demonstrate the absurdity of the charge?
    Prosecutors believe the dangerous chemicals use to make meth contributed to Jersie's death, even though an autopsy on the child proved inconclusive.
Holy crimoly, I hope that the freaking toxicology and pathology classes that they teach in law school to students with political science undergraduate degrees include actual autopsies so that the ADAs can get diggin' in the morgue to overcome what the actual coroner says.

Because I'd hate to think our legal system relies upon creative higher-office seekers and the various incarnations of television's CSI for this illumination.


- posted by Brian J. @ 10:43 PM
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