Alabama Law Journal

Polls show a split over public support for Sotomayor

Recent polling shows a split in the general public over the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the United States Supreme Court.  The polls, and her upcoming confirmation hearings, are discussed in the following article:

Sotomayor faces split decision in the polls heading into confirmation hearings

Kristen LaBrie prosecuted for cancer death of her autistic son

This story comes out of Salem, Massachusetts, rather than Alabama.  However, cases like this have been prosecuted in Alabama in the past and probably will be brought again in the future.  Is this the future trend of parental prosecution? 

A mother accused of withholding cancer treatment from her autistic son was indicted in Essex County in Salem, Massachusetts.  Kristen LaBrie entered pleas of not guilty to charges of attempted murder, permitting serious bodily injury to a disabled person, child endangerment, and permitting substantial bodily injury to a child.  LaBrie's son, Jeremy Fraser, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2006.   He died in March of 2009 at the age of nine.

See the story here:  http://www.examiner.com/x-16813-Legal-News-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Kristen-LaBrie-indicted-and-arraigned-on-cancer-death-of-her-autistic-son