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Article: Life support can end for shaken baby Mother faces homicide charge when girl dies
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 30, 1998
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In a rare action, a Children's Court judge Thursday cleared the
way for a 9-month-old girl to be taken off life support over the
impassioned objections of the baby's family.
When the baby dies, the mother is likely to face charges of
homicide. The baby has been in a coma for seven months, since
her mother shook her 2-month-old daughter so violently that the
baby's brain tissue was almost obliterated.
Children's Court Judge Thomas P. Doherty ruled Thursday that the
baby's court-appointed temporary guardian a well-known local
attorney can make the decision to terminate life support, which the
guardian recommended in a report to Doherty last week. Doherty
stayed any move to ...