The highest court in Massachusetts has granted a new trial to a woman convicted of withholding potentially life-saving medications from her autistic, cancer-stricken son.
Kristen LaBrie was convicted in 2011 for withholding at least five months of at-home chemotherapy treatments for her son, Jeremy Fraser. The boy died at age 9 in 2009.
LaBrie was sentenced to eight to 10 years in prison.
The Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday reversed a judge's order denying her motion for a new trial on an attempted murder charge. The court also overturned assault and battery charges, but upheld a charge of reckless endangerment of a child.
LaBrie said she stopped giving her son medications because the side effects made him so sick she was afraid the treatments would kill him.
Woman Who Withheld Son's Cancer Meds Gets New Trial
Kristen LaBrie was convicted in 2011 for withholding at least five months of at-home chemotherapy treatments for her son
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