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New York Cynthia Law Shaken Baby Law
Gov. George Pataki recently signed a law that creates the felony charge of reckless assault of a child to appropriately punish people who recklessly cause injury to a child`s brain by shaking the child.
The law, dubbed Cynthia`s Law, is named for Cynthia Gibbs, who died at the hands of her baby sitter from a skull fracture in 2000, when Cynthia was 8 months old. Conviction under the new law, which will take effect Nov. 1, could result in a prison term of between two and seven years. It`s never acceptable to shake a baby. Parents and other caregivers must understand allowing a baby to cry is OK if all their needs have been met, according to the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome.
Abogados August 13, 2006 07:03 AM | Hipotecas | Preguntas Para Abogados
