Columbus, OH
Appeals Lawyer at Columbus, OH
Practice Areas: Appeals, Criminal Defense
OUTCOME: The court held that the mother was not perpetrator of child abuse by omission.
Mother petitioned for review of an order of the Department of Human Services (DHS), No. 21–13–0852, denying her appeal and request to expunge an indicated report naming her as a perpetrator of child ab ... use by omission, arising out of child's death when alone with father, who had history of mental health issues.
OUTCOME: After 35 years, 11 months, and 8 days of imprisonment, he is a free man.
Mr. James Hugney spent more than 35 years in prison after being found guilty of a fire in his own house in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, which caused the death of his own son, then about 16 years. The re ... searchers said at the time that Hugney had put alcohol around the bed of his son and that he had fired the same. Just based on the observation of the site, officials said it was a criminal act. Hugney said to the end that he was innocent. The case has since been revised and scientists have concluded that none of the arguments used to condemn Hugney was based on a scientific explanation. In recently made report, authorities say, based on the data collected and presented at the time, it was impossible to know whether this was a criminal act or an accident.
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