Oregon prosecutors said mother didn’t protect her infant. She says she was surviving abuse.

Oregon prosecutors said mother didn’t protect her infant. She says she was surviving abuse.

(Oregon Capital Chronicle) -- In September 2023, Deborah Albin found herself sitting in jail in Corvallis, Oregon, listening as a prosecutor told a judge why she should be held responsible for her 2-month-old baby’s death. The Benton County prosecutor, Matthew Ipson, was blunt. Opal had died with multiple rib fractures in various stages of healing [...]