[Vision2020] child abuse/parents set free

[Tom Hansen]

What I understand (from what I have read from various resources) is that
neither parent was charged with murder because there was no "clear" evidence
pointing specifically at either the mother or father.

To me that excuse doesn't wash.  Certainly there must be something they
(BOTH parents) can be charged with that carries a more stringent penalty
than "Hey, don't do it again, ok?"

Thoughts?

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are
dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all
exist very nicely in the same box. 

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Tami Stinebaugh
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 3:23 PM
To: Vision2020
Subject: [Vision2020] child abuse/parents set free

What I don't understand is how they ended up plea bargaining this down to
"attempted aggravated child abuse" for the father.  How is this "attempted"?
The child died... Hmmmm.  I'm not seeing the logic here.  And the mother
will have a clean record in 2 years?  Certainly she is young enough that she
could have many more children after that time frame, and nothing on her
record to show that this first baby of hers died from abuse?  Oh, and
finally, the father's attorney said that he doesn't even know if the child's
death was a homicide.  Hmmmm, really?  Multiple broken bones, adult strength
drugs in the her system, 4 month old baby never wakes up...Doesn't take a
genius to figure this one out.  It's so sad...

Another article on the story:
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/05/01/64166207.shtml

Tami Stinebaugh

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