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Article: ABHORRENT; Unless we are sure of guilt the possibility always remains that a mother, brutally scarred by the death of her baby, may find herself in jail for life when she should not be there at all - APPEAL COURT YESTERDAY.(News)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 20, 2004
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Byline: MEGAN LLOYD DAVIES
JAILING parents for the mystery deaths of their babies without positive guilt was branded "abhorrent" by a judge yesterday.
In a landmark ruling, Lord Justice Judge called for a halt to prosecution of parents where there was a reasonable possibility their children died from cot death syndrome.
He said: "Unless we are sure of guilt the dreadful possibility always remains that a mother, already brutally scarred by the unexplained death or deaths of her babies, may find herself in prison for life for killing them when she ...