VIA The Boston Globe:
"The jury that convicted a South Shore woman this week of killing her 4-year-old daughter with an overdose of psychotropic drugs was also outraged by the conduct of the child’s psychiatrist and hoped the doctor would be held responsible in some way for the girl’s death, according to several jurors interviewed a day after the verdict.
“Every one of us was very angry,’’ said one juror, who requested anonymity to avoid retaliation for her role in Tuesday’s second-degree murder conviction of Carolyn Riley. “Dr. Kifuji should be sitting in the defendant’s chair, too.’’
....many jurors were “off the wall’’ when they heard the testimony of Dr. Kayoko Kifuji of Tufts Medical Center. She said they were struck by how quickly Kifuji diagnosed Rebecca with bipolar and hyperactivity disorders, as well as how little the doctor seemed to supervise the mother’s dispensing of medications.
“It blew me away,’’ said that juror, who asked to remain unidentified for fear of reprisals."
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"With her Boston attorney, Bruce Singal, at her side in court, Kifuji had initially declined to testify by invoking her right against self-incrimination. That move forced the government to grant her immunity as the only way to compel her to testify."
Read the entire article here.
"The jury that convicted a South Shore woman this week of killing her 4-year-old daughter with an overdose of psychotropic drugs was also outraged by the conduct of the child’s psychiatrist and hoped the doctor would be held responsible in some way for the girl’s death, according to several jurors interviewed a day after the verdict.
“Every one of us was very angry,’’ said one juror, who requested anonymity to avoid retaliation for her role in Tuesday’s second-degree murder conviction of Carolyn Riley. “Dr. Kifuji should be sitting in the defendant’s chair, too.’’
....many jurors were “off the wall’’ when they heard the testimony of Dr. Kayoko Kifuji of Tufts Medical Center. She said they were struck by how quickly Kifuji diagnosed Rebecca with bipolar and hyperactivity disorders, as well as how little the doctor seemed to supervise the mother’s dispensing of medications.
“It blew me away,’’ said that juror, who asked to remain unidentified for fear of reprisals."
AND
"With her Boston attorney, Bruce Singal, at her side in court, Kifuji had initially declined to testify by invoking her right against self-incrimination. That move forced the government to grant her immunity as the only way to compel her to testify."
Read the entire article here.
*photograph by (Robert E. Klein for the Boston Globe)
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2 comments:
I'm glad to hear the jurors were mad. They should be mad. We all should be mad and doctors should be held accountable, at least in part. After all, the mom would never had had the drugs without the doctor.
...never should have been allowed to go to trial. I don't understand how the DA could drop a murder charge on the parents to start with, so I really hope there's cause for an appeal.
I only really know American criminal law through what I've learned from Law & Order, but criminally negligent homicide would've made way more sense...
IMO: the doctor put a metaphoric gun in their hands, without telling them it was a gun, or making sure they could use it. Of course the parents should have asked questions, but the responsibility for anyone caught in the line of fire flows uphill.
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