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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.

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