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Devastating news for a family in England

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382019) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Jun 25

There was a terrible tragedy in our capital just a few days ago. A 24-year-old girl and her friend, on holiday from England, spent an afternoon drinking before deciding to go for a ride on an e-scooter. They ran into a...

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A Matter of Conscience

grandpa_lash @grandpa_lash (5225) • Australia 3 Sep 12

sharra1 and I have recently been watching a series on DVD called "Wallader". It is a remake of an earlier Swedish series, this one also set in Ystad, Sweden, and stars that magnificent classical British actor Kenneth Branagh,...

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Unfortunate coincidence or negligent homicide? You be the judge.

babytaffster @babytaffster (2236) • Chatsworth, California 22 Apr 12

My friend belonged to a program for adults with "learning disabilities" (in other words "special people") anyway this place has a very dark side to it which includes crimminal activity and abuse (things that they do because they...

unfortunate coincidence

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This is so wrong to me….

paula27661 @paula27661 (15811) • Australia 3 Mar 10

A man in his fifties received a call while holidaying overseas from his son who feared being charged with manslaughter or murder for rendering a burglar unconscious. The story goes like this: A twenty six year old was called by...

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Baby dies because of super religious parents.

mentalward @mentalward (14690) • United States 18 Sep 09

I was flipping through TV channels and came across Court TV. There is a married couple on trial for manslaughter of their 18 month old child because they refused the baby medical treatment. The baby died of pneumonia and a mass...

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A Toddler is Dead...

Chalea Hutchinson @zoey7879 (3092) • Quincy, Illinois 6 Aug 09

I recently read this in a newspaper from a town that I used to live in. Last weekend, a family was visiting relatives. During this visit, (we'll call them Family X), Mrs. X took several children out onto a nearby lake while Mr....

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Life sentence. Are our kids losing a grip on reality?

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43897) • Cambridge, England 7 Sep 07

This story involves two sisters, 14 and 16. In an argument, the younger goes to get a knife and runs her sister through. I wonder if she had any real conception of what a knife does! Are our kids (and us, too) living in a world...

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Couple kill son & escape jail term - Mercy killing? Manslaughter or murder?

James72 @James72 (26790) • Australia 3 Apr 07

A couple who killed their blind, intellectually disabled son "out of love" have avoided a jail term. Instead they were placed on five-year good behaviour bonds by a Sydney court. Margaret and Raymond Sutton pleaded guilty last...

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How do you feel about malpractice?

mocanuga @mocanuga (668) • Romania 16 Nov 06

Malpractice is when a medic does something wrong by accident ... or not. I recently red an article about this doctor (urologist)that accidentally removed the wrong kidney from a patient, action that caused the death of the...