Just to those people who oh so kindly read my blog:

Here's a noggin' shaker,

What if you were sentenced for life and after FIVE YEARS you were finally proven innocent?

Just watched a show on 20/20 where a woman and husband adopted a child that was born into a meth addict and abusing home. They already four kids, and one on the way, but decided they wanted to give this cute little boy a "forever home". Not long after the boy had been living there, he started acting up and ate to the point of vomiting. He had an addiction to salty food and would even go through the trash AND cat food/dog food just to satisfy his abnormal hunger. One night, he began claiming he felt really cold and fell to the floor shaking. Both of the parents thought he just had a cold/flu and thought they would monitor him while giving him a nice hot bath. When the boy continued to moan in pain and increased symptoms they rushed off to the hospital. After a few hours of waiting the police were called because of the boys high (highest reported) sodium intake and for scratches/bruises the boy had among his body.  The dad settled for a small charge and was only given 5 years probation, where as the mother would not testify as being guilty in anyway. It turns out that during the time of trial the lawyer( persecutor)  failed to gather all evidence/witnesses for the defendant and exaggerated what the police had reported. There were also hidden records of the boy's past records of behavior observations. The boy was mentally impaired and had an eating disorder...the name escaped my mind but I believe it starts with a "p". But, it's just an eating disorder that would describe why the boy would have such abnormal cravings, and in most studies it showed to have an interest in high sodium products.

Overall, the mother was innocent. Finally, got to come back home...I fell asleep to see what happened after that. The lawyer actually didn't get any penalties and still works as a lawyer, because they didn't have enough evidence to take away her license. Anyway, just thought I would give you guys something to think about.

- Alayna