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Skull of slain baby broken in 9 places
Pathologist testifies in father’s murder trial.
Lancaster New Era
Jan 14, 2009 11:08 EST
Lancaster
By JANET KELLEY, Staff Writer

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QUOTE (jupiter @ Jan 14 2009, 03:23 PM)
Osteogenesis Imperfecta could have been a factor in the fractures, but I'm sure it would have shown up in the autopsy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteogenesis_imperfecta


Not this young. OI would not cause spontaneous fracture, especially not of the skull. Not 9 (NINE!!!) times!

And just FYI - OI does not cause severed spinal cords!!!!!!!!
ceejay
I wonder if the baby may have been accidentally dropped, maybe even before that day?
Maybe they / he were unaware of the severity of the injuries…
Does he have a mental dissability too?
Maybe I’m just trying to not think the unimaginable?

Poor Royal
QUOTE (Poor Royal @ Jan 15 2009, 12:21 AM)
I wonder if the baby may have been accidentally dropped, maybe even before that day?
Maybe they / he were unaware of the severity of the injuries…
Does he have a mental dissability too?
Maybe I’m just trying to not think the unimaginable?


A severed spinal cord would mean total paralysis, and depending on how high in the cervical spine, the child could not breathe.

The "unimaginable" is 9 fractures to the skull and a severed spinal cord. There is no accident that could account for these kinds of catastrophic injuries. Even if dropped, was he dropped 9 times?
ceejay
Something stinks. Which is strange because it's like they sprayed the room with air freshener before someone farted.

The accused can't see those giving testimony because he's surrounded by an army of sign language interpreters who are charged with telling him everything going on in front of his own eyes. All he really needs is one interpreter to tell him what's being said. Two teams, working in shifts? Shifty, says I. Last I heard he isn't blind.

And, um, just how many teams of sign language interpreters are servicing the wife? I know she reads lips, so says the paper, but has she really been declared free of any possible guilt, just 'cause she said so?

Is she even there?

And why, exactly, can't deaf members of the public communicate to each other? How will the accused see them when he is surrounded by an army of people telling him what is happening before his own eyes?

It may just be yet another case of LNP's horrendous reporting skills, but this whole affair reads like a big fat set-up, with someone with "too much to loose" pulling the strings behind the scenes.
citydweller
QUOTE (citydweller @ Jan 15 2009, 12:42 AM)
Something stinks. Which is strange because it's like they sprayed the room with air freshener before someone farted.

The accused can't see those giving testimony because he's surrounded by an army of sign language interpreters who are charged with telling him everything going on in front of his own eyes. All he really needs is one interpreter to tell him what's being said. Two teams, working in shifts? Shifty, says I. Last I heard he isn't blind.

And, um, just how many teams of sign language interpreters are servicing the wife? I know she reads lips, so says the paper, but has she really been declared free of any possible guilt, just 'cause she said so?

Is she even there?

And why, exactly, can't deaf members of the public communicate to each other? How will the accused see them when he is surrounded by an army of people telling him what is happening before his own eyes?

It may just be yet another case of LNP's horrendous reporting skills, but this whole affair reads like a big fat set-up, with someone with "too much to loose" pulling the strings behind the scenes.


Actually, no one attending the trial in the audience is permitted to "communicate" with each other during the trial. You are not permitted to lean over and talk to the person next to you. Just because the deaf aren't talking out loud, their signing is communicating. With deaf witnesses on the witness stand, and signing taking place, there could be witness tampering. And the interpreters are undoubtedly a dot every i cross every t thing where the court is mandated to provide interpreter, but the defense wants their own, and the prosecutor's office wants their own and ... well, you get the point. It is a circus. As usual.
ceejay
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