This makes me sick, update

For those who may not have read my original rant on this subject, let me bring you up to speed-

Just before Easter in my area, a young mother left her 18 month old son in the "care" her 21 year old boyfriend so she could go and buy Easter candy and the child wound up dead.

According to the original news report, the autopsy revealed the cause of death was a result of blunt force truama to the chest....a follow up news report stated the boyfriend did admit to hitting the child as he was crying and would not shut up. Nice guy.

The prosecuetors office had to wait until the first day of this mans trial on drug trafficking charges was over to formally charge him with first degree murder of this child.

( apperently this guy has been BUSY)

Looking at life without parole, he then recanted and said he never said he HIT the child, he said he HUGGED him. Read along, it gets worse!

Yesterday, the case was in the news again. In exchange for getting the prosecuetors office to drop charges pending from LAST YEAR regarding having sex with a 12 year old, he pled guilty to first degree child abuse, and is now looking at a MAXIMUM sentence of 15 years if convicted.

Is it any wonder society is as screwed up as it is??

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Genine Hopkins Apr 28, 2007, 8:03am EDT

Is there no one speaking out for the victims? The "step-son" or the sexually abused child? Although I do not use any drugs, even legal alcohol, I somehow don't feel safer with the local marijuana dealer in jail for life and men like this bargaining out of long sentences!?

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donna f. Apr 28, 2007, 8:13am EDT

Tom,
This is appalling, but yep, thats our system . Whatever happened to JUSTICE?
If it is any consolation, the men already in prison will most likely will mete out their own particular brand .
Genine,
I agree with you 100%.

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Meryl Johnson Apr 28, 2007, 8:21am EDT

Sheesh! This doesn't exactly sound like justice to me, either. What a sickening case! I suspect that Donna's right, and this guy's fellow prisoners will administer their own brand of justice.

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Tom G. Apr 28, 2007, 6:24pm EDT

Thanks to all for the comments!
I can only hope that once he gets to prison he will wind up on the recieving end for a change. From what someone told me today, (and this is unsubstaniated and I don't know if its true) he got the deal because once the mother returned home the boyfriend told her her child was sleeping. Shortly after that, they both left, leaving the child with the grandparents. It was after a long while the grandparents began to wonder why he was sleeping so long they checked on him and found him dead. Apperently this was enough for the prosecuetor to fear the "beyond reasonable doubt" clause.

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Tom G. Apr 28, 2007, 6:26pm EDT

I agree Donna....I know if I was the parent of the 12 year old victim that got passed by to give this jerk a LIGHTER sentence I'd be hoppin' ass mad.

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Annette E. Apr 30, 2007, 8:17pm EDT

He was already arrested on drug charges, and had charges stemming from sleeping with a 12 year old? And he was the mom's boyfriend???

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Tom G. May 2, 2007, 9:21pm EDT

Yep Annette, He was caught sleeping with a 12 year old last year (she was consenting but not old enough to actually GIVE consent, aka statuatory rape)
He was released on his own recognicense, and those charges where still ongoing.
He was arrested on drug trafficking charges the week before he murdered the child, but was out on $200 bail.
why any mother would leave a child with him is beyond me!

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