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>> What is the term for strangulation where they don’t leave a mark and the larnyx isn’t crushed?

I don't recall seeing such a term, fv. Strange to say, most strangulations leave either no external marks, or marks so faint that even ERs commonly miss them. When the trolls gloat that no external marks were found, they aren't really making a point -- that's the NORMAL status in strangulation.

You may be recalling the chokehold that Michael and his brothers used in roughhousing. (As I recall, Michael did it to Bobby once, too.) It has a lot of names such as blood choke or carotid sleeper hold or shime waza in judo. It works by cutting off oxygen to the brain by compressing the carotid artery. This can cause unconsciousness in TEN SECONDS! With enough force, the hold can also crush air passages (= choking). Either way the victim will quickly pass out for lack of oxygen.

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Haleigh Poutre update...

The case against Haleigh's stepfather is subject of an article just released in The Republican this morning.

Will Judge Kinder be kinder than DSS?

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SPRINGFIELD - Hampden Superior Court Judge C. Jeffrey Kinder said yesterday he wants to resolve as many disputes as possible between the prosecution and defense in the child-abuse case against Jason D. Strickland before a jury is picked for the trial, which may begin on Sept. 4.

The case has been assigned to Kinder, and a pretrial conference was held yesterday. Kinder tentatively set a hearing for Wednesday, which will be held if defense lawyer Greg T. Schubert is free from trial obligations in another county.

Haleigh Poutre, Strickland's stepdaughter, was left hospitalized with a brain injury on Sept. 11, 2005. Haleigh, now 13, is in a Boston rehabilitation hospital. Her case gained national media attention and has triggered a continuing debate in Massachusetts about how the state handles child welfare responsibilities.

Strickland and his wife, Haleigh's adopted mother Holli A. Strickland, both of Westfield, were arrested and charged with assault after the girl was hospitalized.

Holli Strickland died later that month in what West Springfield police said appeared to be a murder-suicide at the hands of her grandmother.

Jason Strickland is charged with assault and battery on a child with substantial bodily injury, assault and battery on a child with bodily injury, three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and one count of assault and battery..............................................

Judge seeking to stop disputes

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