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Kenosha Mom Convicted After Son's Fatal Overdose
A Kenosha woman whose 2-year-old son died after ingesting her prescription medicine has been convicted of child neglect.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 --- 11:25 a.m.
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) -- A Kenosha woman whose 2-year-old son died after ingesting her prescription medicine has been convicted of child neglect.
A jury found 25-year-old Carrie L. Metz guilty Monday. She faces up to 25 years in prison when she's sentenced Sept. 8.
Her son, Benjamin Metz-Johnson, died last year from a methadone overdose after he grabbed his mother's prescription bottle when she wasn't looking.
Metz says she didn't call 911 right away because she thought he only grabbed the bottle without consuming anything.
Prosecutors say Metz should have known the boy had taken the drug.
Defense attorney Terry Rose says his client will appeal. He says Metz made every effort to ensure the boy hadn't taken anything, and that she made a mistake but didn't commit a crime.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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I'm sorry for her loss, but it's still a crime, her legal drugs contributed to the death of her son.
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