Woman jailed for denying son cancer drugs

A Massachusetts woman has been convicted of attempted murder for withholding cancer drugs from her son.

Kristen LaBrie's son Jeremy Fraser, who was autistic, died in 2009 at age nine of leukaemia, the court heard.

Sometimes mother doesn't know best.

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:shock: !!

"Verily, in the remembrance of Allah, do hearts find rest"

Prosecutors said she had stopped giving the boy medication because she was angry at having to raise him herself.

:O

"How many people find fault in what they're reading and the fault is in their own understanding" Al Mutanabbi

I would be surprised if that was the case.

I would suspect religious conviction to be more likely, but then I know nothing about the case.

"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.