Sign the Petition! Urge Your Legislator to Pass and the Governor to Support Joycelynn's Law (S.10670)!!!
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ISSUE:
- Joycelynn's Law
Joycelynn Dylewski of Corinth was just three years old when she lost her life last year due to a horrible case of child neglect. Joycelynn had a severe lice infestation that lasted weeks, possibly months with no medical care, which developed into anemia.
Her teeth were rotten and black, and she had received no medical care in 10 months. The prescription medication Clonidine was found in her system and given to her without a prescription. The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office ruled Joycelynn’s death a homicide due to complications of “acute and chronic neglect” describing the girl as having matted hair and living in unclean conditions.
The Judge in the case described the conditions Joycelynn was living in as “deplorable and unsuitable for any child to be living in.” Unbelievably, her parents, Matthew and Samantha Dylewski, were convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the February 2025 death of their daughter. Both received the current maximum sentence of 1 and 1/3 to 4 years in state prison.
You read that correctly.
The current MAXIMUM sentence under New York State law for criminally negligent homicide is only 1 and 1/3 to 4 years in prison! Joycelynn deserved a happy childhood and to grow up and reach her full potential in a loving home. What she endured as a three-year-old child at the hands of her parents is sickening and unimaginable.
Help Senator Jim Tedisco and Assemblyman Matt Simpson pass "Joycelynn’s Law” named in Joycelynn Dylewski’s memory, that would change the law so those convicted of criminally negligent homicide of a child get real prison time of 25 years to life instead of the current maximum of 1 and 1/3 to 4 years, so the sentence reflects the severity of the crime.
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