This is an article about a mother who was lucky to have received such a light sentence after what she did to that baby:
A Lancaster County judge berated a mother Thursday for placing her 16-month-old son in a scalding-hot shower in 2007, causing second-degree burns and permanently scarring the boy.
Judge Dennis E. Reinaker told Itza Figueroa-Saez she was given the break of a lifetime when a jury Monday acquitted her of felony aggravated assault, which carried a potential 20-year prison sentence. The jury convicted Figueroa-Saez of misdemeanor reckless endangerment. Thursday morning, Reinaker handed down the maximum prison sentence for that misdemeanor — 1 to 2 years in prison, minus one day.
"I don't know that I've ever seen, and I hope I never do see, a case before me that is as despicable as this one," Reinaker told the 23-year-old defendant. "The jury in this case cut you the biggest break you'll ever get in your life.
"If you'd been convicted of (aggravated assault), you would be going to prison for a very long time, which, in my mind, is exactly where you should be."
According to trial testimony, the Lancaster city woman placed her son in a scalding shower after he was acting "fussy." The woman left the bathroom to check on her other children, and when she returned the boy had blisters, and his skin was peeling off his back, according to investigators.
The boy, who now lives with foster parents, requires ongoing medical treatment. Reinaker criticized Figueroa-Saez for not inquiring about her son or his foster parents since the boy was taken from her after the incident.
Figueroa-Saez has four other children, none of whom live with their mother, who was eight months pregnant at the time of the scalding incident.
At Thursday's sentencing, she read, through an interpreter, a letter to the court. In the letter, she mentions her own suffering from not being allowed to be with her son and fears she'll never see him again. - Read the entire article here
Her suffering? I suspect that this "suffering" is akin to the "suffering" of not being able to have her object, her possession when and how she wants it.
Friday, June 26, 2009
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