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Showing Original Post only (View all)the wealthy white west virginia couple who adopted 5 black kids to use as slaves. get sentenced to 200 years [View all]
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.
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the wealthy white west virginia couple who adopted 5 black kids to use as slaves. get sentenced to 200 years [View all]
Demovictory9
Mar 2025
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As a side note, I don't think I've ever seen a married couple that looked more like siblings.
meadowlander
Mar 2025
#3
I have wondered about Mike Johnson and Matt Gaetz about something like this and their adopted "sons"
Walleye
Mar 2025
#5
Now that those evil cretins have been dealt with, I hope to hear how those poor children are receiving
hlthe2b
Mar 2025
#10
I won't go down that path. To do so is to give up on everything and we aren't there.
hlthe2b
Mar 2025
#13
They adopted the kids in Minnesota and lived in Washington for some time as well.
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2025
#21
No, it's because she was convicted of violating the kids' civil rights based on their race. There was no such
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2025
#20