Ms. Julie Baumer Case Summary

Dr. Zieva Konvisser, a professor at Wayne State University, who conducted the interview with the defendant, Ms. Julie Baumer examined the psychological, emotional, and family impacts revolving around Ms. Baumer case. This interview was conducted for an emotional standpoint, and it gave insight on how the family felt as well as how Ms. Baumer reaction throughout the entire process. Ms. Baumer came from a large family and was raised Catholic, she was living the American dream and was a loan officer before the situation even occurred. In the interview, Julie elaborated on how she felt throughout the process and how it was a nightmare, despite the hardship Julie kept her faith and she had support from her family. For this case, Ms. Baumer was responsible for watching her six-year-old nephew during …show more content…
She ended up working maintenance, and she liked this because of the ability to go to the other units. The first two years she kept to herself; however, she did deal with mental and emotional abuse from some inmates. After the appeal, Ms. Baumer was exonerated for the crime of first-degree child abuse, after having spent five years being incarcerated for a wrongful conviction. While she was in prison, she wrote several books. Julie explained how the world was bigger compared to prison and how the first couple of years were tough. She stated that her brother employed her to work on plumbing; which helped her a great deal because she still had expenses that she needed to take care of because she accumulated debt as well as a ten dollar a day expense for the thether. Julie maintained her employment with her brother until 2012, and she was carrying for an elderly family member. The upsetting component was that Julie never received compensation and she should oof been able to file a lawsuit but could not because the doctors would have to admit that they misdiagnosed the