Allison Trial

I have followed the news reports on this trial and wondered from the beginning how they could even consider convicting a person on the information provided by doctors that are not forensic certified. This is a terrible miscarriage of justice. The information about the genetic problems in the mother's family at least deserved being presented to the jury. This entire process has alienated anyone that has followed the judicial process from the beginning of the trial.

Children must be protected, that is not questioned. But the legal system is supposed to be fair, not only for children but for everyone. This entire process was prejudiced from the beginning, in that the father felt guilt about the death of his daughter. When a child dies, even if the parent is not there, the parent or even both parents feel guilty and somehow responsible. What parent wouldn't. Children fall down all the time, we as parents can't keep that from happening once in a while. But certainly when a child has an undiagnosed genetic problem, the parents wouldn't have known the seriousness of such a fall. The father called the grandmother for advice, he was concerned. The law did not do it's job, there was not full disclosure. The judge failed to require professionals in the forensics and he failed to allow important information to be presented in court.

A total miscarriage of justice. Sad the child died, pitiful the law fell so short of equality for all.