This was a very difficult case that I really never thought we would win. The standard of proof is only “more likely than not” and I was up against two prosecutors, one actually admitted to being a prosecutor but the other prosecutor(guardian ad litem) actually was supposed to be a neutral representing the children, that was a lie. Ebony’s daughter got mad and went berserk. The daughter was incorrigible. Ebony had previously contacted the authorities for help, but they ignored her pleas.
The Daughter had decided that she wanted to leave and nothing, not even her mom, Ebony, was going to stop her. The daughter ended up on top of Ebony. Ebony could not breath so she bit her daughter’s shoulder to get her daughter off of her. She was honest with the CPS worker and told them the whole story. Nobody would listen. I thought that the least we could do for her is let the jury listen to her story. If a person is convicted of this they go on the Central Registry and are barred from all events where children are around.
After three days of trial in front of Judge Pazzetti, one of the fairest judges in this or any other county, Ebony’s good name was cleared. The jury knew the daughter was lying in attempt to seize control of her mom.
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