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Life sentence for mother who burnt baby in microwave oven
Sep 9, 2008, 6:00 GMT
Washington - A 28-year-old mother who burnt her baby in a microwave oven after a quarrel with her boyfriend was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole by a court in Dayton, Ohio, a US newspaper said.
'No adjectives exist to describe this heinous atrocity,' judge Mary Wiseman at Montgomery County court was quoted as saying by the Dayton Daily News. 'The crime was beyond all human and moral comprehension,' she added.
A jury found China Arnold guilty of aggravated murder, sticking her 28-day-old daughter in a microwave in August 2005 and killing the baby after a quarrel with her partner.
Arnold was spared the death penalty as the jury was deadlocked over recommending a sentence. Her lawyer had asked for the chance of parole after 25, saying Arnold regretted the events, but maintained her innocence, saying she had been too drunk to protect her baby.
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If you think she is guilty you are a racist.
what is the recomended nuking time for a baby...i have a feeling it would cook much better in a stove.
This woman is very lucky that the court spared her life. But on the other hand, she will have to face every day knowing why she is in prison. I do not think the other prisoners will like her very much, as many of them are mothers. She is going to have a rough time, I had a friend who spent 6 months in the Ohio woman's prison and it is not a nice place to be.
Too bad they couldn't find a micro big enough for her and zapp the he** out of her!
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JenSep 9th, 2008 - 15:50:36
This woman should have been put to death almost immediately after the sentence!
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