Overwhelmed with the world...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297362,00.htmlMan Gets 421 Years in Prison After Admitting to Raping Teen
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297352,00.html
Seven Disabled People, Including 5 Children, Imprisoned in Pa. Horror House
I'll go ahead and post some of this article here:
"HARRISBURG, Pa. — Five children and two disabled women were locked in a basement cell, fed meager food and rarely allowed to bathe, by a couple facing criminal charges over their care, authorities said...couple were paid $9,000 a month to care for the seven. The unlit 4-foot-by-5-foot cinderblock cell was called the "toy room"...One of two 14-year-old boys spent more than 20 hours a day there, sleeping on a concrete floor with only a blanket...the boys, two of whom have disabilities, were adopted by James and Stephanie Dickinson starting in 1998. The boys ranged in age from 6 to 15. Breakfast for the seven consisted of peanut butter sandwiches and dinner was a crock pot meal prepared by Stephanie Dickinson, including a dish known as "doggie dew stew." Only two of the victims were allowed to shower about once every week or two. The others would wash or be washed in the basement sink.
The seven victims had unsupervised access to prescription medications and rat poison, and one of the older children was forced to empty the basement's portable toilet daily by hauling a bucket upstairs, according to the affidavit. The Dickinsons' house rules kept the seven from the basement refrigerator without permission, required them to drink water from the sink, limited radio and television to Christian stations, banned going outside without permission and punished noisemaking with spankings using a spatula or wooden paddle, police said. In general, they were not allowed upstairs."
More saddness...
All Charges Dropped Against Maryland Mom Who Had Fetuses Buried on Property
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297383,00.html
A quote from this article:
"Maryland law expressly protects women who abort their own unborn children from criminal prosecution. It was not clear whether it was a crime to keep human remains of miscarried children. When asked if the couple was considering filing any lawsuits, Godman replied, "Multiple. Somebody is paying for the destruction done to my property, the destruction done to my house, the destruction done to my business and it rests solely on the police department. We're getting offers (from lawyers), and we're going to get the best."
If you don't remember this case, the overview is:
The case began when Freeman, a 37-year-old taxi driver and mother of four living children, went to the hospital in July after giving birth. Police searched of Freeman's home for the baby, and investigators found a recently deceased fetus under the bathroom sink. They also found three more sets of older human remains, two in a trunk in the living room and one in a Winnebago parked outside. After an initial exam showed the recent fetus was born dead, prosecutors dismissed murder charges against Freeman, but charged her with killing one of the children found in the trunk. That charge accused her of giving birth to twins on the toilet in 2004 and allowing one of them to die. That was the charge dismissed Wednesday.
posted by Amy @ 10:03 PM
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