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PurpleKush
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more bad parenting
#5924540 - 08/02/06 06:20 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/15177754.htm
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Henry County mother sentenced for cutting part of son's tongue Associated Press McDONOUGH, Ga. - A mother accused of cutting off part of her son's tongue with hot scissors avoided a 5-year prison sentence and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
But before going on probation, Samantha J. Davis, 33, will serve 60 to 180 days in a detention center.
Judge Wade Crumbley also told Davis to complete a 26-week parenting class, a nonviolence class and have only supervised visits with her son.
Henry County prosecutors had recommended that Davis serve five years in prison. But the boy's father testified Tuesday that he did not want her to go to prison.
"He told the judge she is a good woman, and he doesn't feel his son is unsafe around her," Davis' lawyer, Rickey L. Richardson, said.
Davis heated a pair of scissors on a stove in August 2004 and held it to her 6-year-old son's neck before cutting off a piece of his tongue as punishment for talking back, authorities said. Her estranged husband, Toby Davis reported the injuries to police and she was arrested.
The child has been in his father's custody since then. Davis pleaded guilty in June to two child cruelty charges.
But the state's case was hampered when Toby Davis filed court papers refusing to cooperate with the prosecution and asking that charges be dropped. The boy also signed an affidavit saying he did not want his mother prosecuted.
Henry District Attorney Tommy Floyd said he did not know if the father's refusal affected the sentence.
"The judge didn't say, 'This is why I'm doing what I'm doing.' I know the father was very reluctant to prosecute and we feel he influenced the child," Floyd said.
In the meantime, Richardson said Samantha Davis was relieved by the sentence.
"She was hoping for straight probation but at least it isn't the five years in prison the state wanted," he said.
poor kid
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Re: more bad parenting [Re: PurpleKush]
#5924541 - 08/02/06 06:22 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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I hope someone cuts her tongue off.
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Re: more bad parenting [Re: theuser]
#5924545 - 08/02/06 06:24 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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If I had a giant rolling paper I would twist one up for you.
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PurpleKush
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Re: more bad parenting [Re: theuser]
#5924552 - 08/02/06 06:27 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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i cant believe she gets off without any prison time.
im gonna go cut off some tongues, but boy, i better not do any drugs, there might be consequences for that kind of dangerous behavior
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Re: more bad parenting [Re: PurpleKush]
#5924684 - 08/02/06 08:02 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Seriously, WTF??? Probation?? Hopefully it scarred the kid enough that when he grows up he won't hesitate to inflict a torturous death on his own mother.
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Re: more bad parenting [Re: PurpleKush]
#5924695 - 08/02/06 08:08 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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But the boy's father testified Tuesday that he did not want her to go to prison.
"He told the judge she is a good woman, and he doesn't feel his son is unsafe around her," Davis' lawyer, Rickey L. Richardson, said.
they should have asked the kids opinion on whether she went to jail or not...
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Re: more bad parenting [Re: bobjones]
#5924734 - 08/02/06 08:31 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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The boy also signed an affidavit saying he did not want his mother prosecuted.
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Re: more bad parenting [Re: Veritas]
#5924738 - 08/02/06 08:34 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ahhh, so at six you're not qualified to decide who you live with in a divorce, but if your mom cuts off your tongue it instantly gives you full legal standing. Makes perfect sense when you think about it. Nothing to see here, move along...
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Re: more bad parenting [Re: Ythan]
#5924740 - 08/02/06 08:34 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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its for our own good, you understand
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Re: more bad parenting [Re: PurpleKush]
#5924795 - 08/02/06 09:12 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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ur moms a bad parent
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Re: more bad parenting [Re: Veritas]
#5924995 - 08/02/06 10:49 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Veritas said:
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The boy also signed an affidavit saying he did not want his mother prosecuted.
minors under the age of 18 cannot enter into a contract or sign and legal forms the judge knows that the affidavit is invalid
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Re: more bad parenting [Re: Prisoner#1]
#5925095 - 08/02/06 11:26 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Wow. This type of stuff only further proves that stupid people should never procreate.
Edited by Aztec03 (08/02/06 11:41 AM)
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Re: more bad parenting [Re: PurpleKush]
#5925104 - 08/02/06 11:29 AM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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Wow, really fucked up.
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Re: more bad parenting [Re: eris]
#5925258 - 08/02/06 12:24 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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minors under the age of 18 cannot enter into a contract or sign and legal forms the judge knows that the affidavit is invalid
This is true and not true. Minors are allowed to enter into contracts, however they reserve the right to terminate the contract at any time. SOOOOO technically the contract isn't legally binding. This is how i had a free pager all the way up until i was 18 (also a good way to get out of 900# bills )
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