Wrongly Accused?

On Monday, a new article was published on the coach from Louisville, Kentucky who was charged with reckless homicide because one of his players of Ridgefield High School collapsed at practice and then died days later. Prosecuters apparently withheld information that could prove that the death was an accident. The coroner has also stated that the Adderoll that the Smock was taking attributed to the cause of death.

The timeliness of this information is newsworthy because the information came out the day the trial starts and is very important for the defense to help prove that the defendant is innocent. They may not have discovered this information in time to use it, so for it to be released now is key in the trial. The Prominence of the article is that many sports team's practice in the extreme heat, so it brings a lot of attention to the issue and how important paying attention to working out in these temperatures is. The Proximity is in Louisville, Kentucky, and the person involved is David Miller Stinson, the high school football coach, who is being charged with the homicide. The Consequences are that a coach, like the ones at our school, could also be charged if an accident happened such as a heat stroke. The Human Interest is that he might be innocent and wrongly charged for this boys death.