A Salem woman convicted of withholding potentially life-saving medications from her cancer-stricken son has been released from prison while awaiting a new trial.
Kristen LaBrie spent five years behind bars after being convicted of failing to give months of at-home chemotherapy treatments to her son, who died at age 9 in 2009.
The state’s highest court last month reversed a judge’s order denying her a new trial on an attempted murder charge. On Thursday, a judge granted her request to be released while awaiting a retrial.
LaBrie testified that she largely followed doctor’s orders during her son’s treatment for a form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. She said she stopped giving him at-home medications during the final treatment phase because she couldn’t bear to see how much pain the side effects caused him.
Breaking news..Judge in labrie case sets her free without any cash bail #7News
— Steve Cooper (@scooperon7) April 14, 2016
Labrie is still on probabtion for 5 years…she will live with her mother in Danvers with a 6pm to 6am curfew #7News
— Steve Cooper (@scooperon7) April 14, 2016
Defense says while in prison labrie earned several education certificates…she’s had no discipline issues over the last 2 years #7News
— Steve Cooper (@scooperon7) April 14, 2016
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