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Karen McCarron asks for new trial, claims she believed Katie would be resurrected without autism

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Karen McCarron was the mother of a beautiful daughter. I don’t think I will ever forget the image of Katie playing with her teletubbie doll. In 2006, Karen McCarron was tried and convicted of the murder of Katie. In Convicted child killer Karen McCarron wants new trial, we find that Karen McCarron wants a new [...]

A week of bad news

Friday, August 12th, 2011

The past week has been a busy one. For me, personally, as you might have surmised from the lack of posts for a few days. But, in terms of news stories, specifically bad news stories, it has been busy. Consider this one: Karen McCarron Seeks New Trial, Convicted of Killing Autistic Daughter. This article by [...]

Baby killer blames autism

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

This is the sort of story I find it nigh on impossible not to get angry and scared about. Stephanie Rochester allegedly killed her 6 month old child because she thought he might have autism. According to an affidavit seeking her arrest, Rochester wanted to commit suicide but didn’t want to “burden her husband” with [...]

Death better than autism says Andrew Wakefield

Friday, May 28th, 2010

When I first got involved in this, 15 years ago, I got a call from a parent in the North of England who said ‘Dr Wakefield please do not judge me harshly but when I die I’m taking my child with me, because I’m the only one who loves him’ and I didn’t judge that [...]

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