Closing Arguments: Wakesha Ives Trial

are now deliberating. ives is charged with injury to a child and negligent homicide after she allegedly left her 5-month-old baby girl in the car … while she taught at riverside high school, causing the baby’s death from heat exposure. we go now to abc-7’s ashlie rodriguez, who joins us live with the latest developments. ashlie? the defense is calling it a perfect storm. ives was on medication, she was rushing that morning, and she was stressed. to help her out, her husband put the baby in the car for her and put the diaper bag in the trunk. the defense argues, in all the hurry, she didn’t just forget about the baby being in the car, she didn’t know the baby was in the car. the 911 tape was played where you can b hear ives screaming no, my baby is at daycare. adele johnson: “i know that it’ easy to get distracted and it’s a human error and i feel that the prosecution is really making her a victim of our human frailties so it just seems that it’s absent of common sense. there is no way that you pay for a babysitter and you’re securing the best babysitter then you deliberately pass it up for any reason. so i don’t understand why it even has come to trial.” the prosecution argues ives is not a victim. saying, quote, “having brain fart doesn’t mean she should evade punishment.” that she recklessl failed to protect the child, which is injury to a child and she ought to have known the risk, which is criminal negligence. they’ve asked the jury not to use sympathy when making their decision. a las cruces woman accused of abusing her grandchild had her sentence suspended today margaret edmond was given 18 months probation after pleading guilty to child abuse charges in district