CHAPTER TWELVE: MOTHER, MOTHER
1 Cook, who worked at the elementary school ... State v. Colbey, 2007 WL 7268919 (Ala.
Cir. Ct. 2007 ) (No. 2005 - 538 ), 824.
2 Enstice had a history of prematurely ... State v. Colbey, 2007 , 1576.
3 The pathologist subsequently performed an autopsy ... State v. Colbey, 2007 , 1511 – 21.
4 She not only concluded ... State v. Colbey, 2007 , 1584.
5 In fact, nationwide, most women ...“Case Summaries for Current Female Death Row
Inmates.” Death Penalty Information Center, available at http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/case-
summaries-current-female-death-row-inmates, accessed August 13 , 2013.
6 She testified that her conclusion ... State v. Colbey, 2007 , 1585.
7 Dr. McNally testified that Mrs. Colbey’s ... State v. Colbey, 2007 , 1129 , 1133.
8 Enstice’s conclusion was ... State v. Colbey, 2007 , 1607.
9 Police investigators went into her home ... State v. Colbey, 2007 , 1210 , 1271 , 1367.10 Ms. Colbey consistently maintained ... State v. Colbey, 2007 , 1040 , 1060.
11 Ms. Colbey rejected the State’s offer ... Supplemental Record at State v. Colbey, 155.
12 Time magazine called the prosecution ... John Cloud, “How the Casey Anthony Murder
Case Became the Social-Media Trial of the Century,” Time (June 16 , 2011 ).
13 The criminalization of infant mortality ... This phenomenon of charging women,
particularly poor women and women of color, who give birth to stillborn babies or
children who live only a short time, now seems commonplace to a casual observer of
current events. Michelle Oberman, “The Control of Pregnancy and the Criminalization of
Femaleness,” Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law, and Justice 7 ( 2013 ): 1 ; Ada Calhoun, “The
Criminalization of Bad Mothers,” New York Times (April 25 , 2012 ).
14 This new information led the prosecutor ... Stephanie Taylor, “Murder Charge
Dismissed in 2006 Newborn Death,” Tuscaloosa News (April 9 , 2009 ).
15 We won her freedom after establishing ... Carla Crowder, “ 1 , 077 Days Later, Legal
Tangle Ends; Woman Free,” Birmingham News (July 18 , 2002 ).
16 In time, the Alabama Supreme Court ... Ex parte Ankrom, 2013 WL 135748 (Ala.
January 11 , 2013 ); Ex parte Hicks, No. 1110620 (Ala. April 18 , 2014 ).
17 Some jurors indicated that they found ... Supplemental Record, State v. Colbey, 2007 ,
516 – 17 , 519 – 20 , 552.
18 Several revealed that they had ... Supplemental Record, State v. Colbey, 2007 , 426 – 27 ,
649.
19 Another juror admitted trusting ... Supplemental Record, State v. Colbey, 2007 , 674.
20 Approximately 75 to 80 percent ... Angela Hattery and Earl Smith, Prisoner Reentry and
Social Capital: The Long Road to Reintegration (Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2010 ).