Posted on 03/27/2017 7:43:18 PM PDT by Bon mots
OMAHA, Neb. - Antonia Lopez, a Nebraska teen who admitted to throwing her newborn baby out the window, won't be serving any jail time, the Omaha World-Herald reports.
On Friday, Douglas County Juvenile Court Judge Christopher Kelly ordered Lopez to be placed on probation, live in a group home, take part in individual and family therapy, delete her Facebook account and perform 50 hours of community service, according to the World-Herald.
In September, Lopez, 16, reportedly gave birth to a baby girl in her apartment, then threw the baby out the window. She then texted her boyfriend, “It was a girl by the way,” and admitted her crime to her mother, the World-Herald reported. She told police that she was unaware that she was pregnant and thought she was just having her period.
An autopsy revealed that the infant, who later died, was still breathing at the time the blunt-force injuries were sustained. It also showed that Lopez had been pregnant for 25 to 28 weeks.
“She’s coping the best she can,” Lopez’s defense attorney Rebecca McClung said, adding that her client thought the child was a stillborn. “The mother is coping the best she can. The grandmother is coping the best she can.”
Lopez was initially charged as an adult with felony child abuse resulting in death, which could have meant 20 years in prison. However, in February, her case was transferred to juvenile court after her mental state and lack of criminal record were considered, the World-Herald reported.
She reportedly was ordered to live in a group home because judges were concerned that she didn’t understand the severity of her actions. The Facebook deletion order stemmed from her receiving numerous negative comments on her page following her arrest, the World-Herald reported.
Ah yes, the Menendez defense.
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Why is it I am the only person who finds justice, when I do something wrong?
If I tossed my kid out a window, I wouldn’t see daylight for a decade.
25 Or 6 To 4.
no. just 25.
Antonia Lopez is a monster. If she can do this to an innocent, defenseless baby, she most likely will kill again.
“The only thing more evil than this act is the judge who gave this thing probation.”
It just can’t be that hard to find out what route these guys take to work.
“She looks to be only half teen”
I know this thread isn’t funny, but your comment made me laugh anyway. Well played, sir, well played.
Everyone has an address. Just saying.
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She’s a psychopath pure and simple
And she will be back in court for other crimes - no doubt about it.
When you murder your own baby in cold blood and get away with a slap on the wrist and loss of Facebook privileges
what is your motivation to alter your behavior?
There isn’t any.
Judges in Nebraska have been delusional for a long time. Back when my wife and I were going to OU, circa 1972, the star of the Nebraska football team was caught after robbing a gas station. The judge “sentenced” him to community service at Boys Town. Boys Town said: “No, thanks!”
I hope when she does He punishes her. Sincerely.
The baby was unavailable for comment.
Apparently the judge didn’t want our country punished with a Hispanic baby. I’m sorry, but if this was a white child she’d be in prison for a long time.
All the courts are telling her is that no baby of hers is valuable enough to protect or avenge.
Excellent!
Like Kalee Anthony?
Women get such light sentences that would send a guy away for a long, long time. It is sickening.
Nationally they get sentences 67% lighter than men for the same crimes.
You’ve gotta be shitting me. What country did I wake up in?
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