Question:
A couple in the UK who were found guilty of murdering their young
child a few years ago by forcing him to eat several spoonfuls of salt as a punishment, which they have always denied AIUI, are having their case reviewed. It seems that there is now a suggestion that the child might have had diabetes insipidus. Are high salt levels in the system a symptom of DI?
Answer:
the governor here just commuted a death sentence to life
without parole because the DNA evidence that was supposed to have been
protected was thrown away in a trial prior to DNA testing and now that
it is available the very fact that the evidence was thrown away in
violation of state law is enough to commute the sentence. Prosecutors
and evidence handlers must dot every i and cross every T or the
convictions can be thrown out or the sentences commuted to lesser
ones.
In the case of the child that could have died because of diabetes
insipidous, there does not appear to be any real evidence that the
child was actually fed salt, only that high salt concentrations were
found in the body. The missing organs, lack of proper tests and
contradicting reports on tests results that were done should have
raised more questions. Independent labs should have stepped in and
conducted the tests. Labs not answering to the defense or the
prosecution.
