MrCookiepants
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Those kids will be better off without her.
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mom who glued toddler's hands to wall, sentenced to 99 years in prison
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Yeah I felt the same way until she beat her into a coma.
Unknown Fighter Type II
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Just really shitty? C'mon son.....some people (due process or not) get killed for stuff like this in some parts of the world. Seems too harsh my ass.
spandexmonkey
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Sentence seems kind of harsh considering this wasn't a murder trial. I'm glad she was convicted, but doubling what the prosecution was seeking looks more like vengeance rather than justice.
crazy monkey
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thread title should mention coma
My EXACT reaction.
Sentencing in the US is insane. This is nothing new.
starchild excalibur
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*reads thread title* "Oh, this is bullshit"
*reads thread* "Ok, that makes sense"
Seriously - the whole beating thing should have been mentioned in the thread title unless it was the goal to have a lot of people enter the thread with misplaced outrage.
*reads thread* "Ok, that makes sense"
Seriously - the whole beating thing should have been mentioned in the thread title unless it was the goal to have a lot of people enter the thread with misplaced outrage.
Like the hat?
Banned
I'm fine with this. Hurting a child, especially your own...I have no problem with this kind of sentence.
Dark Octave
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I do think there should be a standard for each crime and variant of them.
For someone to just come up with a number on the fly because of their mood isn't a good system.
Flame Lord
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Not that I'm condoning the beating of children but 99 years just seems a bit much.
the_log_ride
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I'm inclined to agree.
Unspeakable Evil
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I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
Fuck the thread title. People should read the fuckin op/article.
I want 99 years of HER BEING GLUED TO A WALL.
A Link to the Past
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What if it was life imprisonment with no possibility of parole? I honestly think that people would be more okay with that than 99 years just because 99's a sentence that no one can possibly serve in their lifetime. It's a big number. What she did was she beat an innocent, defenseless toddler - not just beat, but actually bit her, remember that - using super glue to make a defenseless toddler literally defenseless in every single way, until the child was in a coma. The toddler might never live a fulfilling life, and might suffer brain damage. The damage the mother did to the child was severe enough that the child may not have even survived it if she was less lucky. This is a situation where a mother was so frustrated by a problem that she bit a toddler.
dark_chris
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and beaten into a coma
Severely overlooked.
And Gaf. Hey, GAF. Gaf. This is my opinion: What she did was bad. !!!
Dark Octave
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Are you meaning to say "bit" cause I must have missed that part. LOL this is up there with the guy who put the newborn in the microwave. So ridiculous.
If I was the judge I'd have to fight the urge to throw the gavel at her after I take her whole life's worth of freedom from her.
There should still be a standard though.
And we have to agree with that, why?
A Link to the Past
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Just fucked up man. I mean, damage like that is the result of gross indifference. There is no way that she couldn't have known how badly she could have ended up from her actions.
The damage done could have very easily resulted in death. That she didn't die is contrary to the likelihood of her dying.
Poor thing.
....Alright, no remorse.
Newton Crosby
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Yes, you are a monster.
And no, you obviously don't love your kids.
Exactly my thought process when I clicked.
Mercury Fred
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Seriously. What is locking her up for so long going to do?
People get less for rape and murder.
It's going to keep her the fuck away from her children, to whom she's an enormous danger.
Then he should have gotten more time.
Hopefully this makes other
Zoe
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But she's eligible for parole starting at year 30.
Why is this better than sentencing her to 5 years in gaol and making sure she's never responsible for children again?
As with most other instances of family-abuse, there's little evidence to suggest she's a danger to anyone outside of her care. There's no evidence to suggest that other instances of parental violence will be prevented by an excessive sentence.
All this does is ensure the US prison population is 1 higher for the remainder of her lifetime.
As with most other instances of family-abuse, there's little evidence to suggest she's a danger to anyone outside of her care. There's no evidence to suggest that other instances of parental violence will be prevented by an excessive sentence.
All this does is ensure the US prison population is 1 higher for the remainder of her lifetime.
TheJollyCorner
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jamesinclair
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23 and FIVE kids?
Smoking put at eleven?
Uh, why the fuck is the grandmother getting custody?
Smoking put at eleven?
Uh, why the fuck is the grandmother getting custody?
My exact reaction.
Starsunder
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Good on the Judge.
Doing that to her child. Fucking psycho.
Doing that to her child. Fucking psycho.
Schwowsers
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That's what I don't understand. Escalona clearly had issues at a young age, which makes me wonder about the parenting ability of the grandmother. I hope a close eye is kept on the 2 kids placed in her care.
Red_taiyaki
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Hope the kid turns out okay.
Psycho lady got what she deserved.
Psycho lady got what she deserved.
Thanks for the chuckle. This and first post wins.
Props to the judge for not putting up with her crap. Hope her kids can turn out okay.
Vermillion
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My thoughts exactly.
CornBurrito
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If the child hadn't fallen into a coma and the women were arrested and sentenced to jail, I'm guessing we'd get quite a few "I was beaten as a kid, and it set me straight" posts.
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