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lib87

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19. 5 years for Child Cruelty?
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 06:23 PM
Apr 2013

Years of abuse, torturing her daughter, making her miscarry and then have a baby...that's all they could pin on the mother?

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5 years? DonCoquixote Apr 2013 #1
Rape? thesquanderer Apr 2013 #7
What elements are missing such that you do not consider this rape? nt Xipe Totec Apr 2013 #24
How about no physical contact? (n/t) thesquanderer Apr 2013 #25
Amazing that someone could get pregnant without any physical contact! MADem Apr 2013 #26
The mother was not even in the room. Did you read the article? (n/t) thesquanderer Apr 2013 #31
She forced her child to put an object into her vagina against her will. bravenak Apr 2013 #44
I did read the article--the child was placed in a position where her mother FORCED her to have MADem Apr 2013 #48
I didn't say she's innocent thesquanderer Apr 2013 #50
She was penetrated against her will and she did not have a choice in the matter. MADem Apr 2013 #52
It usually involves invasion by a body part. Deep13 Apr 2013 #60
or an inanimate object penetrating the victim's body SemperEadem Apr 2013 #63
In this state a finger can be rape. I'd have to reread the... Deep13 Apr 2013 #68
Sexual act against her will? Aquavit Apr 2013 #29
"sexual act against her will" is not "rape" thesquanderer Apr 2013 #32
She was forced to physically penetrate herself vaginally Kelvin Mace Apr 2013 #30
That may be rape in your book thesquanderer Apr 2013 #35
Here is how the federal statute reads: Kelvin Mace Apr 2013 #47
Bingo! That's the standard according to the UCMJ, too. MADem Apr 2013 #49
But the mother did not perform the penetration! thesquanderer Apr 2013 #51
Yes, the mother DID perform the penetration. She forced the act with coercion. MADem Apr 2013 #53
I didn't say the mother was innocent! thesquanderer Apr 2013 #54
She provided the impetus (coercion) that resulted in penetration. MADem Apr 2013 #57
If I compel you Kelvin Mace Apr 2013 #65
Really!!!! She should get 20 years for that sick shit. WhoWoodaKnew Apr 2013 #13
What the hell is wrong with people? This is beyond sick! Initech Apr 2013 #2
Some women are baby besotted to the point of insanity Warpy Apr 2013 #4
I am curious as to who and how FarPoint Apr 2013 #9
It says in the article they did it themselves. tammywammy Apr 2013 #10
Oh how sad..... FarPoint Apr 2013 #17
Turkey baster, most likely Warpy Apr 2013 #11
Story says the sperm was bought on the Internet. (nt) jeff47 Apr 2013 #12
Yeah? How was it kept alive for transport? Warpy Apr 2013 #37
In a thermos with priority shipping and instructions for thawing. /nt TheMadMonk Apr 2013 #41
Frozen, packed in dry ice. Sperm is shipped all the time. (nt) jeff47 Apr 2013 #46
Animal semen is a big business AngryAmish Apr 2013 #66
Most likely she was abused as a child. Gregorian Apr 2013 #21
This is truly another... SummerSnow Apr 2013 #3
A long time ago, more than 15 years, Bette Noir Apr 2013 #5
Yes why wasn't she in prison? And that's exactly what that was Triana Apr 2013 #16
Sicko! SoapBox Apr 2013 #6
Many of the inhabitants of this spinning dirt ball are fucken insane, literally. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #8
This is obviously extreme but in my time on earth, the stories I've read and heard, I'm... Poll_Blind Apr 2013 #14
These woman are rapists. Triana Apr 2013 #15
So rapist = mental health problems that obviously goes along with "danger to society"? Neoma Apr 2013 #28
+1,000 freshwest Apr 2013 #42
That story caused me to feel nausea. JDPriestly Apr 2013 #18
5 years for Child Cruelty? lib87 Apr 2013 #19
It's Great Britain--they often think too well of people, I'm afraid. MADem Apr 2013 #27
Holly shit I feel so sorry for that girl, my God. Sand Wind Apr 2013 #20
Ghastly. How dare she?! tblue Apr 2013 #22
This makes the Jerry Springer show look like church. L0oniX Apr 2013 #23
Sad, tragic TNNurse Apr 2013 #33
Five years. secondvariety Apr 2013 #34
Ridiculous sentence. This young girl should never have contact with this horrible person mbperrin Apr 2013 #36
I'll call this rape lobodons Apr 2013 #38
The mother probably got such a short sentence rocktivity Apr 2013 #39
All I Can Say- ruffburr Apr 2013 #40
Legally this may not be classified as rape. But there is a sick incestuous quality to this. Locut0s Apr 2013 #43
I think the coercion part of it is what makes it just despicable davidpdx Apr 2013 #45
I don't think the issue here is rape....it is forced pregnancy. Proletariatprincess Apr 2013 #55
sick motherfucker should rot in hell arely staircase Apr 2013 #56
I think it's interesting in these situations to ponder questions like ... brett_jv Apr 2013 #58
well, here is my two cents DonCoquixote Apr 2013 #61
In this state it's "gross sexual imposition" and probably "sexual assault" ... Deep13 Apr 2013 #59
In this case its self invasion dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #64
blaming the victim. "duress"? WTF. how low can you go? CreekDog Apr 2013 #67
You are blaming the victim : not me dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #70
"self invasion" were your words CreekDog Apr 2013 #71
Well, it's by force, so if the statute includes non-living objects... Deep13 Apr 2013 #69
nauseating. truthisfreedom Apr 2013 #62
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