"Among those missing from the statistics is Natalee Kay Mibroda, a 5-pound infant who was 20 days old when she was beaten to death on Dec. 27, 2011. A Westmoreland County judge on Tuesday will sentenced her father, who was found guilty by a jury of third-degree homicide.
She is among victims who can fall into statistical limbo because she cannot verify “severe pain,” which is specified in the state's definition of child abuse, Palm said.
Pediatricians and child advocates say the definition has to be rewritten to use a more common-sense approach to define abuse and to stop hamstringing officials from keeping accurate numbers...."
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