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Who is liable
for causing
others harm?
Another one of
our justice
system at work?
"I shouldn't
even be doing
this," said
Judge Gary F.
McKinley in a
Kenton, Ohio,
courtroom in
August. "I'm
cutting you
somewhat of a
break," he told
two star
athletes of
Kenton High who
had just been
convicted of
vehicular
vandalism in a
prank that
caused two men
serious,
life-long
disabilities.
The kids'
sentence: 60
days in juvenile
detention (plus
community
service),
but only after
football season.
(The families of
the victims were
appalled,
especially the
family of the
one who was
brain-damaged.)
[Columbus
Dispatch,
8-16-06]
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how God allows
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even have
children.
Police: Baby
died after
pacifier taped
to face
Wash. mother
charged with
manslaughter,
faces up to 8
1/2 years in
prison
June 20. 2007
LAKE STEVENS,
Wash. - A woman
has been charged
in the death of
her 4-month-old
son after
telling
authorities she
had taped a
pacifier to his
face to keep the
device in his
mouth.
Bonnie M.
Desmond, 19, of
Lake Stevens,
was arrested and
booked into the
Snohomish County
jail Monday
night. She was
charged Tuesday
in county
District Court
with
first-degree
manslaughter in
the death of
Noah James
Petersen. Bail
was set at
$500,000.
The
medical examiner
completed an
autopsy Tuesday
but results were
pending further
investigation.
If
convicted,
Desmond faces
between 6 1/2
and 8 1/2 years
in prison,
county Deputy
Prosecutor Mark
Roe said.
The woman
called 911 about
11:30 a.m.
Monday and said
her baby was
unconscious, but
paramedics who
rushed to the
home she shares
with her fiance
found the little
boy had been
dead for hours,
Fire District 8
Deputy Chief
David
Lingenfelter
said.
She told
police and
medics that a
half-hour
earlier she
found the infant
dead and ripped
the pacifier
from his face,
then called her
fiance before
notifying
authorities,
according to
documents filed
by prosecutors
Prosecutors
wrote that after
the mother
overheard
detectives
talking about
sudden infant
death syndrome,
she indicated
the pacifier had
been taped to
the child's
mouth to keep
the device from
falling out.
"The only
thing I can
think of is I
taped the
pacifier to keep
it from falling
out. I didn't
know it would
hurt him, or I
wouldn't have
done that,"
Desmond
allegedly told
police.
She was
arrested
following an
interview with
detectives,
police Cmdr. Dan
Lorentzen said.
No other
children live in
the home, the
fiance was not
under
investigation in
the baby's death
and both parents
have been
cooperating with
the
investigation,
Lorentzen said
How can this happen?????? Any child would
even know you can't do that? Maybe she
need help!!!
Diane |