Chapter 12 - The child assault case

Clarissa’s staircase conduct remained separate.
Tilly had been deliberately kicked backward near a long marble staircase.
Serious potential harm.
Actual injury minor.
Prosecutors charged:
Felony reckless endangerment of a child.
Misdemeanor assault.
Defense argued:
Clarissa had not intended Tilly to fall more than a step.
Security footage showed she had looked toward me immediately before the kick.
Her attorney argued:
“She expected Orson to intervene.”
The prosecutor answered:
“An eight-year-old is not a prop for testing another adult’s reflexes.”
Exactly.
No attempted murder charge.
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Intent to kill was not established.
The facts were already severe enough.