Tax Dollars To Help Defend Miami Mom Patricia Ripley, Accused Of Drowning Autistic Son

Miami FL

30 April, 2021

12:23 PM

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CBS Miami April 30, 2021 Taxpayer dollars will help cover the defense costs for a Miami mother charged with first-degree murder in the drowning death of her autistic 9-year-old son. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Daryl Trawick ruled in an order released Thursday that Patricia Ripley, 46, is indigent for certain costs that include depositions, private investigators and experts who specialize in trying to keep defendants off Florida's Death Row, the Miami Herald reported. Similar death penalty cases have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in experts, investigators and other expenses. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.