Case Study: The Insane Case

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Found guilty of first-degree reckless homicide for killing his girlfriend's five-year-old son. Dakota Black, 25, wept as the bailiffs removed him from the Dane County Courthouse. There were a jury of five men and seven women who decided on the verdict of guilty. The verdict took place after four hours that followed the closing arguments for the case. The homicide occurred at the Sun Prairie home where Black lived with his girlfriend and her five-year-old son. As they announced the verdict, a gasp which followed a quickly stifled cheer came from where many of Turnbill's family sat in the courtroom. They had watched the trial for two weeks before the verdict. Members of the family included Shannon Turnbill, Black's girlfriend, who sat on a different side of the courtroom from family members. It appeared the verdict had stunned her. The charge for reckless homicide in the first degree carries a possible sentences of more than 60 years in prison. Circuit Judge Stephen Ehlke will sentence Black for the crime two months from now. …show more content…

Shannon Turnbill found Brayden unresponsive, and they soon learned that he had endured a traumatic brain injury because of trauma from blunt force. Brayden Turnbill was bleeding massively on his brain. Even with immediate medical attention and surgery, it was not enough. On October 24, 2013, Brayden Turnbill died. In conjunction with the the traumatic brain injury, there were bruises on Brayden's chest. Prosecution experts stated that this occurred from a looped cord, and one came from a punch to the stomach. When Shannon Turnbill dressed Brayden for school that day, she told them that Brayden did not have bruises on his

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