Carl Brizzi drops charges...

[libertybear]

Charges against a 19 year-old mother with a missing newborn have been dropped, according to Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi (R). However, that doesn't mean charges won't be filed against the uncooperative mom in the future.
Tasha Miller gave birth on May 10th, but no one is admitting to what happened to the baby. Miller gave several different stories as to what happened, but then refused to cooperate with police. Searches for the missing baby have so far, come up empty.

Full story here....
Missing baby: Charges dropped against mother of missing newborn baby - WXIN

 

[Denny347]

Without a body it is nearly impossible to get a charge to stick.

 

[libertybear]

Don't they have an admission of guilt?

 

[Denny347]

Don't they have an admission of guilt?

Admission alone is not enough to sustain a charge. There HAS to be independent evidence as well. It sucks sometimes but it is a protection that is necessary.

 

[1032JBT]

There are only about 10,000 way that admission could be ruled inadmisable in court. Can't hang the entire case on that admission. Better to wait until you have evidence of some other kind so that when you do go to court on it you can actually win and put her where she belongs.

 

[sj kahr k40]

I wonder how much money her parents donated to him this time!

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Don't they have an admission of guilt?

I admit that I kidnapped the Lindbergh Baby.



Today's legal word (which is two words, darn lawyers): corpus delicti.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

put her where she belongs

I object!

Oops, sorry, it's a reflex reaction.

 

[Fargo]

I object!

Oops, sorry, it's a reflex reaction.

After we finish with you for kidnapping the Lindbergh baby, you won't be objecting to much of anything counselor. That ironclad confession will be more than enough to put you away...

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Get ready for Count II then . . . I confess that I stole Carl Brizzi's hair.

 

[Colt556]

I thought she, or her lawyers, recanted her admission. They can refile charges when and if they find a body. I don't understand the no body part though b/c there have been ppl convicted w/o a body ever being found. But Brizzi is on pretty thin ice anyway so he's really got to careful in what he does for a while.

 

[Denny347]

I thought she, or her lawyers, recanted her admission. They can refile charges when and if they find a body. I don't understand the no body part though b/c there have been ppl convicted w/o a body ever being found. But Brizzi is on pretty thin ice anyway so he's really got to careful in what he does for a while.

You can convict without a body but you need evidence of a crime to support the charge. She went to the hospital with complications from the childbirth. However, I do not know WHAT those injuries were and if childbirth was the only way to incur those injuries. She said she disposed of the child but there were NO witnesses and no sign of the child anywhere. While it is most likely the child is in the landfill, there is no evidence to say the child is even dead...it could be alive...if she gave birth at all. That is why a confession ALONE is worthless. I dislike Brizzi but he did the only thing he could.

 

[Deadly Z Driver]

Plus they are not positive she actually murdered the baby if it died from child birth or some sort of "natural" cause she won't be charged with murder and might just be charged with disposing of the body. Sucks either way and she definitely didn't handle this the right way and I am in no way defending her.

 

[Colt556]

Thanks for the clarification. Sad case...

 

[Deadly Z Driver]

This was actually very similar to a case on Law and Order SVU staring Hillary Duff.

 

[Denny347]

This was actually very similar to a case on Law and Order SVU staring Hillary Duff.

You are right...one of the few where TV law and real life were similar.

 

[AFA1CY]

Miller gave several different stories as to what happened, but then refused to cooperate with police.

Uh.... I think that's called the right to remain silent......

 

[thompal]

anywhere. While it is most likely the child is in the landfill, there is no evidence to say the child is even dead...it could be alive...if she gave birth at all. That is why a confession ALONE is worthless. I dislike Brizzi but he did the only thing he could.

I think she sold it for a hit of crack.

 

[thompal]

Get ready for Count II then . . . I confess that I stole Carl Brizzi's hair.

Yeah, but who stole his integrity? Or, was it just a lie when he said he had some?

 

[curraheeguns]

Plus they are not positive she actually murdered the baby if it died from child birth or some sort of "natural" cause

They are also not even sure if it was ever alive, or if it was stillborn.