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To: Mike Buckley who wrote (14638)	6/3/2001 12:53:47 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 22706

--cmb << "Dead zone" perfectly describes two people sitting together, wanting to talk to each other on their cell phone. >> I just took a survey at the local pub and it was agreed that a "Dead zone" perfectly describes a home with no (mobile) phone, or alternatively the wireless sector at the moment. ce--

To: Mike Buckley who wrote (14638)	6/3/2001 7:37:43 PM
From: Uncle Frank	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22706

Mike, now that Nancy's jury duty is over, I can tell you about her case. From the San Jose Mercury New: UNNECESSARY INJECTION SENT INFANT INTO COMA BY BILL ROMANO Mercury News A San Jose woman who claimed to be suffering from a rare mental illness was convicted Thursday of child abuse for injecting her non-diabetic infant son with insulin in 1999, sending him into a coma and nearly killing him. After a two-week trial before Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Alden E. Danner, Lorena Victorina Hernandez, 23, was convicted of two counts of child abuse involving injections of her 9-month-old son, Isaiah. She was acquitted of a charge of torture. She faces up to 12 years and eight months in state prison. The boy is in his father's custody. ``It was tragic for everybody concerned,'' said Deputy Public Defender Randy Danto afterward. Calling on two expert witnesses, the defense claimed that Hernandez was a ``classic example'' of a person suffering from Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a psychiatric disorder in which parents, usually mothers, intentionally make their children or spouses sick in order to draw attention to themselves. Hernandez was arrested in December 1999 after the boy was admitted to a hospital in distress for the second time within three months. During the first episode, the boy was stabilized and sent home. According to Deputy District Attorney Terry Bowman, the child's blood-sugar levels were found to be dangerously low on the second visit. He went into a coma briefly and was placed in intensive care. The doctors, who saved the boy's life, Bowman said, ran tests that revealed manufactured insulin in his system. Further investigation determined Hernandez had injected the substance using needles and insulin that belonged to her diabetic mother, the prosecutor said. Hernandez was not ``delusional,'' Bowman said. The defendant, she asserted, acted deliberately to make sure neither her husband nor her mother was present when the injections were given. The Munchausen syndrome defense may have been an explanation for what Hernandez did, but it was not an excuse, Bowman argued. ``It was a case that could not be plea-bargained. It had to be tried,'' Bowman said. Hernandez is scheduled to appear again in court July 20 for sentencing. www0.mercurycenter.com