Father sentenced to 17-yrs in infant son’s death
On September - 10 - 2010
A northeast Salem man found guilty of manslaughter and criminal mistreatment of his infant son will serve 171/2 years in prison for the crime.
Robert D. Morris, 25, was sentenced Thursday by Marion County Circuit Judge Albin Norblad.
Morris had been in Marion County jail since his arrest Oct. 28, 2008, for charges in connection with abusing his 6-month-old son, Gabriel, who died Oct. 31, 2008, at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.
By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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