the wealthy white west virginia couple who adopted 5 black kids to use as slaves. get sentenced to 200 years

[Demovictory9]

A judge in West Virginia delivered a severe sentence to a white couple found guilty of treating their five adopted Black children as if they were slaves. The couple subjected the children to grueling labor and confined them in a dirty shed, where they had to use buckets for toilets.

Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz, from Sissonville, West Virginia, has been handed the maximum prison sentences for their crimes. Jeanne Kay Whitefeather was sentenced up to 215 years in prison, whereas her husband, Donald Lantz, faces up to 160 years behind bars for charges, including child abuse, neglect, and human trafficking.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. How soon before TSF pardons them?

[Demovictory9]

4. That crossed my mind

[Shrek]

7. He is not the Governor of West Virginia n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

14. True. But one of two things are possible:

A) Trump doesn't care and posts on Truth Social that he's pardoned them. Fiction becomes reality.

or

B) Trump tells WV Gov to pardon them.

[Omnipresent]

27. It's very sad to think, but...

That WV Governor would probably do trump a favor by pardoning them.
I wouldn’t put it past these fuckers!

[SunSeeker]

2. Sickening.

I hope these poor kids can recover and lead normal lives.

[meadowlander]

3. As a side note, I don't think I've ever seen a married couple that looked more like siblings.

[Walleye]

5. I have wondered about Mike Johnson and Matt Gaetz about something like this and their adopted "sons"

[Old Crank]

6. Too bad the judge

Couldn't add a yearly flogging in the public square. This is just horrible. How do your ever make these children whole?

[DFW]

8. I plead for leniency

Give them the possibility of parole after serving 135 years.

[Pas-de-Calais]

9. Unreal

[hlthe2b]

10. Now that those evil cretins have been dealt with, I hope to hear how those poor children are receiving

some intense intervention to help THEM.

It sounds as though they were tried on State charges--so no Trump pardon for those concerned that he'll make them"heroes" for their racist cruelty.

[COL Mustard]

12. Maybe under the OLD rules TSF couldn't pardon them

Today, I wouldn't be too sure about anything and very little would surprise me.

[hlthe2b]

13. I won't go down that path. To do so is to give up on everything and we aren't there.

[Pototan]

11. What a surprise that they are from West Virginia

Sarcasm intended.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

21. They adopted the kids in Minnesota and lived in Washington for some time as well.

[Pototan]

22. Ya, but they settled with those kids in West Virginia

where they felt the most comfortable raising slaves.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

23. And where they were caught.

[Meowmee]

15. Unbelievable 😿

How were they allowed to adopt 5 children?

[Maru Kitteh]

16. I assume that's where the human trafficking part comes in.

[RJ-MacReady]

17. Its WV

[Maru Kitteh]

19. It seems most of the abuse happened in Washington State

Evil and racism are American problems, not “red-state” problems.

[RJ-MacReady]

28. Yes

"Both sides"

[Maru Kitteh]

18. They should have received equal sentances. To be clear,

neither should be allowed to walk free again, ever.

That said, the woman received a greater sentance because she violated her supposed duty and place as a female who is expected to be subject first to her “innate nature” as a nurturing caregiver. Even truly evil women are subjected to sexist expectations, and punished accordingly.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

20. No, it's because she was convicted of violating the kids' civil rights based on their race. There was no such

conviction (or charge, as far as I know) for the husband.

[malaise]

24. Evil thy name is these monsters

That is all

[Oopsie Daisy]

25. Any consequences for Children's Services or whoever is responsible for placing/approving these adoptions?

[Emile]

26. I would guess they're registered republicans.

[misanthrope]

29. Why didn't they lease slave labor from our penal system?

It would have likely been less costly in the long run.

[Marcuse]

30. The Governor of West Virginia seems to be a grandstanding MAGA gasbag clown so a pardon is not out of the question.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/columnist/dan-wolken/2025/03/17/ncaa-tournament-snub-west-virginia-governor-patrick-morrisey/82496915007/