I have seen two sisters prosecuted because of alleged neglect, and after bankrupting the sisters on legal expense, the jury found them not guilty. The mother simply would not accept help in any fashion. She controlled her daughters and they were incapable of getting her in compliance. She had bed sores which ultimately were not treated in a timely manner.
Prosecutor's across the country are addressing the symptoms of system failure, not the causes. I have plenty of first hand experience in this area, and I will gladly start reeling off incident after incident where this broken system has chewed up people. If you have never dealt with an elder parent, it is hard. They insist on their independence. It becomes difficult to even get them to the doctor. Some children just cannot overrule a dominant parent. I know some get glee on posting booking pictures of folks who have been charged with a crime and belittle them and take this holier than thou attitude, but we simply are jumping to a conclusion on this case when from the same characters I listened to months of how there was prosecutorial abuse when someone else was prosecuted.
First, If the woman was talking to the mother, do we know what the mother wanted? Second, what knowledge do we have of this person's medical condition? We do not. I feel very comfortable asking these questions because I have seen families destroyed by over zealous social workers and prosecutors who are looking for more raw meat. I will withdraw all my concerns when proofs are entered which show a motivation for financial gain on the part of the daughter. The sisters had their photos on the front page of the local newspapers. They had to listen to the uproar of letters to the editor and general disdain of the community, all from the initial slanted reporting. Sorry, the usual routine of taking some person who was booked and jumping to conclusions does not always bring justice. I have no problem if this person was convicted of the crime by her peers, but we have some people who are soothsayers, and have done this witch hunt for years. When I protest the same, I am told to go to another thread. I do not respond to the booking thread. I will respond here and raise the red flag. Again, I am not justifying elder abuse, I am pissed because I see a system which is failing our seniors, failing in every regard, as folks want to cut their benefits and feed them to a criminal justice system which needs more raw meat.
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