Monday, January 12, 2004
Greenwich stabbing poses legal quandary
(Greenwich-AP, Jan. 11, 2004 2:10 PM) _ A stabbing victim's choice not to receive a blood transfusion because of her religion is proving to be a quandary for prosecutors.
Carol Ferenz died New Year's Day after being stabbed multiple times in her Greenwich home. Because she is a Jehovah's Witness, she refused a transfusion.
Prosecutors are charging her 42-year-old-son Stephen Ferenz with two counts of first-degree assault. But authorities haven't decided whether or not to charge the man with homicide.
The question at hand is whether the woman's decision to refuse the blood transplant was the cause of her death, or the stabbing.
The woman's husband says her son shouldn't be charged.
Andrew Ferenz says his son has been on medication for mental illness for 25 years, but has never gotten violent. He says he doesn't know what he's doing, and needs help.
He'll be back in court on Tuesday.
source: WTNH
(Greenwich-AP, Jan. 11, 2004 2:10 PM) _ A stabbing victim's choice not to receive a blood transfusion because of her religion is proving to be a quandary for prosecutors.
Carol Ferenz died New Year's Day after being stabbed multiple times in her Greenwich home. Because she is a Jehovah's Witness, she refused a transfusion.
Prosecutors are charging her 42-year-old-son Stephen Ferenz with two counts of first-degree assault. But authorities haven't decided whether or not to charge the man with homicide.
The question at hand is whether the woman's decision to refuse the blood transplant was the cause of her death, or the stabbing.
The woman's husband says her son shouldn't be charged.
Andrew Ferenz says his son has been on medication for mental illness for 25 years, but has never gotten violent. He says he doesn't know what he's doing, and needs help.
He'll be back in court on Tuesday.
source: WTNH
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