[Vision2020] Does anyone else see a problem here?

[wocsom at earthlink.net]

Saundra, I shouldn't have articulated my utter astonishment at how our
system handled this situation with that earlier comparison.  I, probably
like the majority of the people who monitor/use this forum, can't
understand nor condone any form of child (or elder) abuse and believe those
responsible should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. 
Hope you are all staying warm in Moscow.

Coop


> [Original Message]
> From: Saundra Lund <sslund at adelphia.net>
> To: Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>; <wocsom at earthlink.net>
 > Date: 1/15/2005 5:22:27 PM
> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Does anyone else see a problem here?
>
> Ahhh . . . thanks for the clarification, Coop, & my ***apologies*** for
jumping
> to the wrong assumption!
> 
> Guess you can tell that child abuse (and the way it's sometimes handled
by the
> "system") is a particular hot button for me.  Because I just couldn't
believe
> the story Wayne posted, I did some searching, and the details are even
more
> shocking  :-(
> 
> 
> Saundra Lund
> Moscow, ID
> 
> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
> nothing.
> -Edmund Burke
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On
> Behalf Of wocsom at earthlink.net
> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 2:01 PM
> To: Vision 2020
> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Does anyone else see a problem here?
> 
> You are quite right.  My intent was to emphasize how ridiculous the
> ultimate charge was given the circumstances of the crime and not to joke
> about the murder of a child.  Unfortunately, there's no way to put any
> voice inflection into email.  Our "system" often makes mistakes and the
> innocent need complete protection.
> 
> Coop
> 
> 
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Saundra Lund <sslund at adelphia.net>
> > To: Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>  > Date: 1/15/2005 1:41:01 PM
> > Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Does anyone else see a problem here?
> >
> > Sorry -- feel free to call me a stick in the mud -- but I don't find
there
> > anything at all to joke about in the tragic and violent murder of an
> innocent
> > 4-month-old baby.
> > 
> > 
> > Saundra Lund
> > Moscow, ID
> > 
> > The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to
do
> > nothing.
> > -Edmund Burke
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
> [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On
> > Behalf Of wocsom at earthlink.net
> > Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 10:23 AM
> > To: Vision 2020
> > Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Does anyone else see a problem here?
> > 
> > Rog, it's quite possible the child was covertly participating in
> professional
> > wrestling...
> > 
> > 	----- Original Message ----- 
> > 	From: Art Deco <mailto:deco at moscow.com>  
> > 	To: Vision 2020 <mailto:deco at moscow.com> 
> > 	Sent: 1/15/2005 12:46:19 PM 
> > 	Subject: [Vision2020] Does anyone else see a problem here?
> > 
> > 	
> > 	
> > 
> > 	Plea bargain: Probation in baby's killing
> > 
> > 
> > 	Parents charged with murdering 4-month-old daughter are freed
> > 
> > 
> > 	Saturday, January 15, 2005 Posted: 10:46 AM EST (1546 GMT)
> > 
> > 	 
> > 
> > 	CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- A couple charged with murdering their
> > 4-month-old daughter, who died with nine fractured ribs and a fractured
> > clavicle, were sentenced to probation in a plea deal.
> > 
> > 	Prosecutor Mary Sullivan Moore said Friday she reduced murder and child
> > abuse charges because she couldn't determine who caused the baby's
> injuries.
> > 
> > 	The plea agreement sentenced the child's parents, Houston Ray Baggett,
> > 21, and Seanett McClinithan, 20, to probation. Both served 15 months in
> jail
> > before the sentencing.
> > 
> > 	A medical examiner's report shows the infant, Leilani Katrina Baggett,
> > died Aug. 17, 2003 from "failure to thrive due to multiple recent and
old
> rib
> > and clavicle fractures." The report also shows "inappropriate
> administration of
> > sedating antihistamines" as a contributing factor.
> > 
> > 	Moore said the parents were not the only adults in the house when the
> > child died, and she could not prove the couple were responsible.
> > 
> > 	"You rest assured I have had many sleepless nights," Moore said.
> > 
> > 	Baggett received 10 years of intensive supervised probation for
> > attempted aggravated child abuse and remained in custody pending
> extradition to
> > Florida on charges of beating a pizza delivery man.
> > 
> > 	McClinithan pleaded guilty to child abuse and neglect and received a
> > two-year suspended sentence.
> > 
> > 	Baggett's attorney, Mike Little, described the agreement as a "best
> > interest plea."
> > 
> > 	"There is just no telling if there was a homicide and if there was, who
> > did it," he said.
> > 
> > 
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