Abusive Mother sentenced

I wanted to post this story about a mother who was sentenced to 99 years for slicing off the penis and genitals of her 5 week old baby. Apparently the mother tried to blame it on the dog and her lawyers requested probation for her. Here are a few excerpts:


TX - A Houston mother was sentenced to 99 years in prison on Monday for severing her infant son's genitals in a 2007 attack she blamed on the family dog.

Harris County jurors deliberated about two hours on Monday before sentencing Katherine “Katie” Nadal, a former Anahuac cheerleader, the maximum allowed for the charge of serious bodily injury to a child. Nadal, 28, was also fined $10,000. She will have to serve 30 years before becoming eligible for parole.

Prosecutors had asked jurors to sentence Nadal to life in prison. Her lawyers asked for probation.

Assistant District Attorney Tammy Thomas gave her closing arguments with a picture of the child, smiling for the camera, displayed on the courtroom's big-screen television. Doctors testified the boy will need many more surgeries and hormone treatment for the rest of his life. - Read the entire article here