After child dies in house fire Mother pleads "no contest," to child negligence
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The judge announced that the plea deal would result in six years at a state prison, with credit for good conduct, and three years of probation following release.
... Her attorney, Michael Atwell, told the court that “Admitting she did something is something she just can’t do,” meaning she did not believe her actions caused her son Sebastian’s death. Sebastian died after he set fire to the house with a lighter while locked in his room. According to an autopsy report, he died of smoke inhalation and fire-related injuries.
Prosecutor Lisette Suder then told the court that they were referring to negligence, the “failure to act, so to speak,” she said, “based on the criminal neglect theory,” and not affirmative action, Suder said...
http://www.mtdemocrat.com/news/child-negligence-ewing-pleads-no-contest/
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