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Mom gets 99 years in prison for gluing tot's hands

If by less time you mean less time alive behind bars then you are correct. I reckon if she had beaten her two year old to death in the Lone Star State she would get the needle, takes 10 to 15 years to exhaust appeals and strap her down.
 
PeteEU said:
So you are saying that everyone in the US who beats/tortures someone to near death get 99 years? Every wife beater, every CIA torture expert, every cop that beats suspects and so on?
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You can't compare what this woman did to her child to a cop beating the suspect , or a CIA torture. She put her two year old in a coma for potty-training problems. A 2 year old, defenseless girl who did literally nothing.

This crazy bitch deserves all 99 years she got. She should just be put down.
 
tessaesque said:
Should have been death, IMO. This girl is lucky to have survived.
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If you make non lethal attacks a capital offense, you make killing the witness a freebie
 
I read this with my 2 year old asleep in the next room my 2 year old who doesnt yet understand why an adult is angry and is yet to really grasp right from wrong, who is still trying to work out this big world. It makes me shudder to think that a parent could even do this to their child or any child for that matter and it upsets me to think the confusion and pain this child went through. Its stories like this that make me want to hold my little lad and give him a kiss because I know that many kids out there will never get that.
 
I figure that if the woman says she can't forgive herself, then we have no obligation to forgive her either.

That being said, there are two reasons to put someone in jail: 1. Protect the general public and 2. Punish the offender.

1. This woman testified that her behavior was caused by an abusive parent and boyfriend. If her being abused led to her being abusive, then doesn't it stand to reason that if she stays in the lives of her 5 children that they would likely become another generation of abusive parents? The sentence keeps her from being a negative influence on her children any more. Maybe this will stop the cycle of violence in her family.

2. Beating a helpless, defenseless child because she pooped her pants and didn't use the potty is definitely something that should be punished. I would hope that when she is up for parole in 30 years that she is denied.

Finally, what do you expect from a woman with a tattoo on her neck?
 
I'm glad the sentencing was strict.

Sandusky should've been given this sentence rather than 30 years
 
Voltaire X said:
I'm glad the sentencing was strict.

Sandusky should've been given this sentence rather than 30 years
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at his age 30 years is the same as 300
 
TurtleDude said:
at his age 30 years is the same as 300
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I've always thought that the age when convicted is irrelevant. Obviously he's not going to live another 30 years, but the sentencing should reflect the magnitude of the crime and that alone.
 
samsmart said:
I keep telling people.

Birth control should be mandatory for people until they complete a 2-year course on parenting.
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Taught by who?
 
Voltaire X said:
I've always thought that the age when convicted is irrelevant. Obviously he's not going to live another 30 years, but the sentencing should reflect the magnitude of the crime and that alone.
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yes and no but one of the reason why someone gets lots of time is in case of a modification on appeal
 
joko104 said:
Taught by who?
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By public or private classes with a curriculum developed by the government that informs people on their legal obligations that they would have to their children as well as public and private resources available to them, such as food assistance, medical programs, and education opportunities.
 
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