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Haleigh Poutre?s Stepdad is Sentenced to 12 ? 15 Years in Prison for Assault and Battery Convictions Related to Massachusetts Child Abuse Case

By Altman & Altman

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In Massachusetts, the stepfather of 14-year-old Haleigh Poutre was sentenced to 12 ? 15 years in state prison for his role in a near fatal 2005 beating that left the girl in a coma and with a permanent brain injury. Jason Strickland, 34, was convicted of two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, two counts of assault and battery on a child with substantial injury, and one count of assault and battery. He was acquitted of one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Strickland and his late wife Holli had adopted Haleigh from Allison Avrett, who is Holli?s sister. Avrett signed over her parental rights to the couple because she was suffering from mental health issues and drug abuse. Massachusetts prosecutors charged the couple with beating the then 11-year-old...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on December 19, 2008 (boomark / email).

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