Mom Says She's Innocent in Dominick Calhoun Death

A former Livingston County woman believes she shouldn't have plead guilty to second-degree murder of her 4-year-old son and is trying to tell the world through a new book.

In A Mother's Plea and Journey to Forgiveness, Corrine Baker, formerly of Tyrone Township, says she is innocent in the death of Dominick Calhoun, who was beaten and tortured to death in April 2010 inside an Argentine Township apartment.

The book hasn't been without controversy. The original title I Didn't Kill My Baby was changed and an online petition has been started in efforts to stop the sale of the book.

She said her trial lawyer told her than a battered women's expert said she had no case, but that expert never contacted Baker, according to the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus. The article states that she claims she is not responsible for her son's death since she did no physical harm to him and was battered herself.

In January 2012, a jury found former Tyrone Township man and Baker's ex-boyfriend Brandon Hayes guilty of murdering Dominick. Baker is serving 13 to 30 years for second-degree murder for not doing enough to save her son.

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