Woman Convicted of Murder for One Child Given Custody of Another

	posted by Scott on Wednesday November 28, @04:35AM from the domestic-violence dept.
	DAR sent in this story from Maryland's SunSpot and writes "[This is] Another case where the 'system' incorrectly assumes that the 'blood' parent (being a 'mother') is the best parent." The article offers a graphic description of some of the abuse this mother perpetrated against her child, and the fact that she was given custody of another (apparently due to the "battered woman defense") is appalling. It's a perfect example of just how far the battered woman defense can be exploited.

	Source: The SunSpot [newspaper] Title: Woman Convicted in Death Gets Baby Author: Susan Skiles Luke Date: November 26, 2001

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Parenting Requirements by DanCurry on Wednesday November 28, @05:02AM EST (#1) (User #245 Info) The judge seemed to ignore everything in this womans past in favor of her Parenting Classes and GED she got while in prison as proof of her ability to parent. That is pure nonsense. She should be serving the same sentence the man recieved, LIFE IN PRISON. But instead, as always, she gets a fraction of the time and full parental rights restored. I certainly hope this gets reversed. No person that kills a child should ever be allowed to parent again. Most women that kill their children are not convicted of murder, they get a lessor sentence courtesy of the female friendly prosecutors. So the blurb about women convicted of murdering children are not usually given custody is meaningless. Dan Curry DanCurry.Com

Re:Parenting Requirements by Lionheart (mymessenger@usa.com) on Wednesday November 28, @08:10PM EST (#2) (User #491 Info) I agree and this judge is a fool. I also agree this woman should also be serving life in prison. How can this judge make such a decision after what this woman has done in the past. Reading of the torture her and her husband of the time put that child through disgusted me. I think it is a sad thing this judge overlooks things such as her beating that child, running a fork over his mouth with feces on it, cleaning him with a garden hose when he soiled his pants, and then only to watch Thomas Coe stick his head in the toilet like a plunger! Detective Schaill hit the nail on the head when he said "She's an evil person, a murderess." I don't care what kind of parenting classes she has taken or if she "just wants to live her life." She and her evil former husband deprived that child of life and never should she be allowed to have a child in her custody.

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