https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...sion-1.5288343
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It was the second trial for the Stephans, who were found guilty by a Lethbridge jury in 2016. While the Alberta Court of Appeal upheld the conviction, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled the original trial judge erred in his instructions to the jury.
Back then, the official cause of death was bacterial meningitis.
However, in his written decision, Clackson wrote that he accepted the opinion of Alberta's former chief medical officer, Dr. Anny Sauvageau, who told court she does not believe Ezekiel actually died from bacterial meningitis.
"In this case, we know there is no specific treatment that is effective for viral meningitis," Clarkson wrote.
"It follows that the Crown did not prove medical attention would have saved [Ezekiel's] life or that if he had viral meningitis and it was life-threatening (which is not established in the evidence), medical attention even could have saved his life."
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Essentially the diagnosis changed to being probably Viral Meningitis. So even with treatment he could have died.
Still BS Though.