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    Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: This is very similar to this case, which is actually before the courts now. Very tragic. more »
    HannahBethD: My purely anecdotal experience is this: When I was a wee one, my mom had a habit of taking up with abusive men. They beat her regularly. I saw it, my ... more »
    Red-headed bookworm: This woman sounds like she has some serious mental issues. Yes, she is guilty in this but 17 years longer???? Why not just the same amount of time? Or... more »
    Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC: I don't think that there should have been a difference in the amount of time that they serv. However, I do hold an extra heaping helping of animosity ... more »
    Gingerlime: Two words: Hedda Nussbaum. [en.wikipedia.org] more »
    Nicolars: Both perpetrators should have been stoned to death. more »
    plothole: This entire story is tragic beyond belief and I think they should all be locked up, but the difference in sentences (which does seem to have no plausi... more »
    ecl: The above juror's statements weren't given by way of explaining the sentence, but rather explaining why they found that the mother and stepfather acte... more »
    STICKSnSCONES: The poor little girl had been repeatedly abused for a LONG period of time. The 'noncholance' was not because the mother was in a state of shock. I lik... more »
    briardahl: So far as I know, there's not much legal distinction between hurting someone else's child and hurting your own, but people tend to have some instinct ... more »
    sweetcatastrophe: Sadly the Times article also doesn't mention that the mother was jealous and angry that Nixmary (only 7 years old) was having sex with her husband, wh... more »
    Triphena: 26-29 years for BEATING A CHILD TO DEATH? That's it? That's all? Gross. more »
    RainbowBrite: This headline is ridiculously misleading and inappropriate to the story. A "bad mother" is someone who lets her young children eat candy for dinner an... more »
    tonightineed is actually Mrs. Ziegler-Spock: It makes me wonder how much of her reaction is absolute fear and self preservation. If, for example, she knew that her child being beaten would preven... more »
    BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): 17 years difference? Sounds like she was found guilty of being a woman. Yes, throw the book at her, but at the man, too. more »
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    Is Being A Bad Mother The Most Heinous Crime Of All?