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The prosecution of Rodricus Crawford attracted national media attention, because of extensive use of the death penalty in Caddo Parish, Louisiana,〔 and comments made by the prosecutor.〔 Rodricus Crawford, a young black man, was tried and sentenced to death in 2013 for killing his one-year-old son.〔 The conviction greatly depends upon a disputed pathology report.〔 Crawford claims his son had been sleeping next to him, and was unresponsive when Crawford awoke in the morning. When police arrived, they asked about a bruise on the infant's lip. Crawford replied that his son had fallen in the bathroom the day before. Crawford denied that he had accidentally slept on top of his son.〔 That same day, James Traylor, a police pathologist determined that the bruise on the infant's lip indicated smothering and other bruises indicated child abuse. Traylor also noticed signs of pneumonia in the infant's lungs, but did not consider it serious enough to cause death. Based upon Traylor's conclusions, district attorney Dale Cox charged Crawford with homicide, and asked for the death penalty.〔 The scientific validity of Traylor's conclusions has been questioned before, during, and after the trial.〔 Crawford is currently the second youngest man on death row, awaiting execution at Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly called Angola. ==Families== At age 23, Crawford had been living with his mother, brother, sister, grandmother, and uncle, in Mooretown, a neighborhood in Shreveport. The mother of his son is Lakendra Lott, a close friend Crawford had known since childhood. Both of them have daughters from other relationships. Lott lived with her family several houses away. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prosecution of Rodricus Crawford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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