Schofield argument filed with high court

AUGUSTA – The attorney for former state child-protection worker Sally Schofield has filed a written argument with Maine’s highest court contending that Schofield’s sentence is “grossly disproportionate” with other manslaughter cases.

In a brief filed with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, defense lawyer Jed Davis wrote that “nothing other than retribution” is to be gained by the 20-year sentence Schofield received in the death of 5-year-old Logan Marr.

“Prior to Jan. 31, 2001, (the day of Logan Marr’s death), Sally Schofield led not only a crime-free, but also a highly constructive life,” Davis wrote. “If a reasonable sentence were imposed, she would be able to return to society and resume making valuable contributions to it.”

The Supreme Judicial Court agreed in November to review the prison term given to Schofield for the manslaughter conviction of Logan Marr, who died bound with duct tape to a highchair. Justices were expected to read lawyers’ arguments sometime early next year and possibly hear oral argument in late winter or early spring.