”Young infant mortality comprises 40% of estimated 10.8 million child deaths worldwide annually.”(Newton) Adrian Thomas is a 29,now 33, year old African American father of 7 children accused with the murder of his 4-month old son, Matthew Dante Thomas. The doctors said that Matthew suffered from head trauma. Adrian Thomas was falsely accused with 2nd degree murder, because in a police video he confessed to throwing his son to the bed on 3 different occasions. (Heyl)
The evening of 20 September 2008, Matthew Thomas (4-month old son) was feverish, wheezing, and crying excessively. The Thomas’ cooled him down and conforted him. Matthew went to bed around 11:30pm only to wake back up at 3:00am with a fever. After feeding him Adrian fell asleep. Soon he was awoken by his wife saying that the baby isn’t moving or breathing.(Heyl) Adrian Thomas was accused with the murder of his son, because he confessed to throwing the baby to the bed on 3 different occasions and the police got the confession on tape. …show more content…
Thomas can rebuild his life and even be a better man, because he know the process that comes with committing a crime. He never committed a crime in the first place, but now he knows most definitely never to commit one at all. For anything other than destruction to come as a result, the issue of acceptable police tactics must be on trial next. ”Young infant mortality comprises 40% of estimated 10.8 million child deaths worldwide annually.”(Newton) Adrian Thomas is a 29, now 33, year old African American father of 7 children accused with the murder of his 4-month old son, Matthew Dante Thomas.(Heyl) The doctors said that Matthew suffered from head trauma. Adrian Thomas was falsely accused with 2nd degree murder, because in a police video he confessed to throwing his son to the bed on 3 different occasions. The murder of the 4-month old was later proven, by Patrick Barnes, to be sepsis.