(BOSTON) AUG 27 – A 29 YEAR-OLD BABY SITTER IN CONNECTICUT WILL BE GOING TO JAIL FOR 14 YEARS FOR THE FIRST DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER OF A NINETEEN-MONTH OLD WHO WAS IN HER CARE TWO YEARS AGO ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS HAS MORE.
SMITH SAYS HIS CLIENT’S DECISION TO BE FOUND GUILTY WHILE MAINTAINING HER INNOCENCE FOLLOWS A PRECEDENT ESTABLISHED BY THE U-S SUPREME COURT IN 1963. IT’S CALLED THE ALFORD DOCTRINE. THE BABY’S PARENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN CHARGED WITH COVERING UP THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THEIR SON’S DEATH WHEN THEY SPOKE TO POLICE.
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KEVIN SMITH, ATTORNEY FOR KINJAL PATEL, WHO WAS CONVICTED OF 1ST DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER OF THE 19 MONTH-OLD IN HER CARE OF BUT WHO IS MAINTAINING HER INNOCENCE, SAYS HIS CLIENT WAS NOT PREPARED TO BE A BABY SITTER AND AS A RESULT TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES ENSUED.