Nearly nine years after Vicki Butler died from postpartum hemorrhage during a home birth west of Brisbane, the legal process meant to answer for her death has stalled once more. A jury has been discharged in the manslaughter trial of Dr. Robyn Mary James, whose delayed call for emergency help — nearly two hours after arriving at the birth — formed the heart of the prosecution's case. The discharge resolves nothing: no verdict has been delivered, no accountability established, and the grief of a family whose newborn survived while its mother did not remains without legal conclusion. The case wi
Jury discharged in home birth manslaughter trial of Queensland doctor
Vicki Butler, 41, died from postpartum hemorrhage on December 27, 2017, leaving behind a surviving newborn child.