I chose to read an article in Texas Monthly titled "Hannah Overton's Capital Murder Conviction is Overturned." It details an obstruction of justice where a mother (Hannah Overton) was falsely accused with the murder of Andre Burd, a child she was in the process of adopting.
Her soon-to-be child had died mysteriously and doctors determined the cause to be salt poisoning, a rare death. It was then that she was accused with his murder and sentenced to a life in prison.
However, she did not get a fair trial due to some evidence of her innocence being excluded. This included that the child had an eating disorder which could cause him to eat large amount of things like salt.
I think this article is worth reading because it shows, sadly, how the justice system can make mistakes and how these mistakes can have grave consequences for innocent people and their families. The Houston police department has a bad reputation for making these kinds of mistakes and I think it's important because this is happening in our neighbor city Houston.
Her soon-to-be child had died mysteriously and doctors determined the cause to be salt poisoning, a rare death. It was then that she was accused with his murder and sentenced to a life in prison.
However, she did not get a fair trial due to some evidence of her innocence being excluded. This included that the child had an eating disorder which could cause him to eat large amount of things like salt.
I think this article is worth reading because it shows, sadly, how the justice system can make mistakes and how these mistakes can have grave consequences for innocent people and their families. The Houston police department has a bad reputation for making these kinds of mistakes and I think it's important because this is happening in our neighbor city Houston.
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