She was dishonest, manipulative and apparently did her best to keep the father out of the son’s life. I do believe she neglected her child. But I’m not convinced that her motive was to kill Jeremy. That’s why I have trouble with the “attempted murder” verdict.

Even assuming that there was some kind of direct evidence, i.e., diary, notes, conversations that she wanted to “get rid of” her autistic boy, I hate the way it came about: A doctor reported her to authorities because his cancer recurred after being in remission. THIS PARTICULAR time, a parent had done something wrong, but I fear that some medical providers will automatically report innocent parents simply because a child’s cancer recurs.

Do the ends justify the means if they use Gestapo-like techniques to discover them? If parents are subject to this extra scrutiny, who’s next? Will someone turn us in for alleged elder abuse if we bring our sick parents in for treatment?