Jerry Orbach and Jesse Martin respond to an empty house with no parents and no baby which had been crying considerably. It all ends as one would expect with a dead baby buried in the father's parents backyard.
Leslie Hendrix's autopsy shows starvation. But not like the parents set out with malice aforethought to kill their newborn. For whatever reason the baby was not taking his mother's breast milk. Tessa Ghylin went to nutritionist Lee Brock who is a staunch advocate of exclusive breast feeding. But when the baby rejects mother's milk, what to do.
It is the position of the District Attorney that when all is said and done it is the mother that has the primary responsibility for care of the child. The father should have a hand in this as well which is why Michael C. Williams takes a plea and agrees to testify against his wife. He can as long as no privileged communication is divulged.
Angie Harmon prosecutes this one herself. She fought to have it that way. But she gets thrown a curve when defense attorney Donna Murphy requests for a bench trial before female judge Susan Blommaert. Fortunately the judge happened to be a woman. I know I would feel ill at ease were I a judge in this case with the issues involved.
As to how you might feel watch the episode and discover.
Leslie Hendrix's autopsy shows starvation. But not like the parents set out with malice aforethought to kill their newborn. For whatever reason the baby was not taking his mother's breast milk. Tessa Ghylin went to nutritionist Lee Brock who is a staunch advocate of exclusive breast feeding. But when the baby rejects mother's milk, what to do.
It is the position of the District Attorney that when all is said and done it is the mother that has the primary responsibility for care of the child. The father should have a hand in this as well which is why Michael C. Williams takes a plea and agrees to testify against his wife. He can as long as no privileged communication is divulged.
Angie Harmon prosecutes this one herself. She fought to have it that way. But she gets thrown a curve when defense attorney Donna Murphy requests for a bench trial before female judge Susan Blommaert. Fortunately the judge happened to be a woman. I know I would feel ill at ease were I a judge in this case with the issues involved.
As to how you might feel watch the episode and discover.