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Father, 21, admits to killing his six-week-old son by shoving his FINGERS down his throat to stop...
DAILY MAIL UK ^ | August 30, 2018 | Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com

Posted on 08/30/2018 7:49:03 AM PDT by Morgana

FULL TITLE: Father, 21, admits to killing his six-week-old son by shoving his FINGERS down his throat to stop him from crying and violently shaking him

A St. Louis man has pleaded guilty to killing his infant son in 2016 by shaking him and shoving his fingers down the baby's throat to stop him from crying.

Robert Burnette, 21, entered the guilty plea on Tuesday on a charge of child abuse resulting in death, in exchange for the prosecutors' agreement to drop two other child abuse counts.

The plea came on the day jury selection for his trial was scheduled to begin in St. Charles County Circuit Court.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: baby; prolife
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Too immature to be parents.

Safe Haven Laws are there for this reason!!!

1 posted on 08/30/2018 7:49:03 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Mental illness.


2 posted on 08/30/2018 7:51:07 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Morgana
1 month old here and already showing signs of violent abuse. suspend "cruel and unusual" for this monster.


3 posted on 08/30/2018 7:51:26 AM PDT by montag813
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To: trisham

Kill him.


4 posted on 08/30/2018 7:53:58 AM PDT by PSUGOP
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To: Morgana

My gut reaction is the father should die the same way.


5 posted on 08/30/2018 7:56:37 AM PDT by Qiviut (Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP!)
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To: PSUGOP

Some criminals deserve the death penalty. It is the responsibility of government to protect its citizens.


6 posted on 08/30/2018 7:57:20 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Morgana

Both of the parents need to be sterilized with a sharp hot poker and then shot.


7 posted on 08/30/2018 8:00:59 AM PDT by Jaded (Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword.ag)
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To: PSUGOP

Yes!


8 posted on 08/30/2018 8:09:16 AM PDT by bantam
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To: montag813

Dreadful,there goes my day!

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9 posted on 08/30/2018 8:11:46 AM PDT by Mears
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To: montag813

While my heart sinks into my shoes.


10 posted on 08/30/2018 8:17:28 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Ruth Bader Ginsburg doctor is a taxidermist.)
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To: Morgana

That’s funny. Dad doesn’t look like a degenerate loser who shouldn’t be allowed to breed


11 posted on 08/30/2018 8:21:55 AM PDT by j.havenfarm ( 1,500 posts as of 8/10/18. A FReeper since 2000; never shutting up!)
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Poor little kid - looks sad already, and not in a crying baby sad kind of way, either.


12 posted on 08/30/2018 8:25:01 AM PDT by radiohead
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To: Morgana

Pics at the link show the killer to be some sort of demented Goth with gender dysphoria. I generally don’t like invocations to prison abuse, but in this case throwing him into the general prison population sounds like a solution.


13 posted on 08/30/2018 8:26:30 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: Morgana
Another piece of human garbage. He has no soul, just look at the eyes.
14 posted on 08/30/2018 8:28:26 AM PDT by glaseatr (Father of a Marine, Uncle of SGT Adam Estep. A Co. 2/5 Cav. KIA Thurs April 29, 2004 Baghdad Iraq)
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To: PSUGOP

Slowly


15 posted on 08/30/2018 8:31:41 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: Morgana

16 posted on 08/30/2018 8:38:45 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (It's like finding out your beloved old family doctor sold one of your kidneys.)
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To: montag813

Yes, he looks tormented. Poor angel.


17 posted on 08/30/2018 8:39:01 AM PDT by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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Too immature to be parents.

Too psychopathic.

18 posted on 08/30/2018 8:40:05 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (It's like finding out your beloved old family doctor sold one of your kidneys.)
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I believe this worthless psychopath will have many “new” experiences in prison.


19 posted on 08/30/2018 8:43:59 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: montag813

The kid is FILTHY!!!!


20 posted on 08/30/2018 8:46:45 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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