What defenses would you advance for each woman based on the prosecution's theory that both women acted purposely?
A 40-year-old mother of five shakes a crying baby to make the baby stop crying. In the same courtroom is a 12-year-old babysitter who shook her baby sister to stop her from crying. You are a defense attorney.
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Answers may vary: As a defense attorney, I would argue that circumstances overwhelmed the older mother of five leading to a diminished capacity to appreciate her conduct and move for a manslaughter charge. For the 12-year-old babysitter, I would argue that she did not have the requisite knowledge of the risks of harm caused by shaking the baby and would claim she was negligent, and therefore, guilty of a lesser offense.
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