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Amish mom who drowned son won’t face jail time; Alleged school shooter’s father convicted of murder – TCN Sidebar
March 6, 2026·30 min·2 clips
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A clear, sober look at insanity findings, criminal negligence, and circumstantial evidence across several cases.
The Sidebar looks at what can come after a not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity finding when jail is not the outcome. The Ohio case involving an Amish woman near Atwood Lake, who drowned her four-year-old son and tried to kill her three older children, gives the episode its clearest…
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You get a grave, courtroom-focused briefing on an insanity ruling, a criminal-negligence murder conviction, and a Utah poisoning case built around circumstantial evidence.
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