Jude Mirra was murdered . His mother gave her son an overdose and killed him. For this she has been sentenced to 18 years, included the five she has already spent in jail.
Jude was autistic. His mother spent years and part of her fortune in an attempt to cure him. She claimed in the end there was a fantastic and complicated plot to harm her son and that the murder was somehow a mercy killing to save him.
Jude deserved to live. Thankfully the sentence doesn’t appear to have been lightened because he was disabled (although the prosecution did ask for 25 years).
This won’t bring Jude back and I wish his family (not including his mother: she gave up the right to claim to be his family) well. I thank the court for a conviction and a sentence that will make others think twice before contemplating the murder of disabled family members.
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By Matt Carey
Left Brain Right Brain 
She was convicted of manslaughter, a lesser offense than murder. According to the news stories, the judge who sentenced her said she showed no remorse. Gigi had plenty of financial resources but she killed her little boy anyway. And she’s not even sorry. What a sad story.