Buffalo Law Review Volume 52 Number 2 Article 7 4-1-2004 Neonaticide: When the Bough Breaks and the Cradle Falls Shannon Farley University at Buffalo School of Law (Student) Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/buffalolawreview Part of the Criminal Law Commons Recommended Citation Shannon Farley, Neonaticide: When the Bough Breaks and the Cradle Falls, 52 Buff. L. Rev. 597 (2004). Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/buffalolawreview/vol52/iss2/7 This Comment is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at Digital Commons @ University at Buffalo School of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Buffalo Law Review by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ University at Buffalo School of Law. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. COMMENT Neonaticide: When the Bough Breaks and the Cradle Falls SHANNON FARLEYt INTRODUCTION On December 17, 1990, twenty-year-old Stephanie Wernick was in her dormitory bathroom tending to bleeding that she attributed to an unusually heavy menstrual pe- riod.' Jeanette, a girl living on Stephanie's dormitory floor, and her friend Laura, were in the hallway outside the bath- room when they heard what they thought was a baby's cry! The girls rushed into the bathroom and immediately noticed a pool of blood underneath the stall door at Stepha- nie's feet. Stephanie stated to the girls that she was fine t J.D. Candidate, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2004; B.A., State University of New York at Geneseo, 2001. I would like to thank especially my parents for all of their encouragement and support in the writing of this article and in my many other law school endeavors.