Posted on 12/16/2004 5:13:41 PM PST by Michael.SF.
VANCOUVER, Wash. — A Ridgefield man has been sentenced to three years in prison for attempting to circumcise his 8-year-old son at home with a hunting knife.
Edwin Baxter, 33, was sentenced yesterday in Clark County Superior Court. A jury convicted Baxter last week of assault of a child.
"I pray God will have mercy on me," Baxter said.
He was arrested on Sept. 3. Baxter said he tried the procedure on his son after reading about it in the Bible. He called 911 when he felt his son was losing too much blood.
According to 911 tapes played in court, Baxter told the dispatcher, "Long story short, sir? I was studying my Bible and decided to circumcise my 8-year-old."
The defense argued that Baxter did not intend to harm his son and that the boy has fully recovered.
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PS: Before the "already posted Nazi's strike. Yes, I did search, Yes search is my friend. No, nothing came up, under various key words.
you never can find a good moyle when you need one...
Ignorance is bris.
My dad gave me an alcohol aided haircut when I was 7.....the ear healed perfectly. But this guy is beyond help. Good thing he wasn't reading a taxidermy manual.
And these people have NINE children? OMG
There's a joke in there, somewhere.
"The Mitzvah (Commandment) of "Bris Mila" is the fathers' responsibility. The father is commanded to actually circumcise his own son just like Abraham circumcised his own sons. Since most fathers missed the day in Hebrew school where they taught how to circumcise, he is required to hire a Mohel to act as his proxy to perform the Bris."
-- http://www.brisinfo.com/mohel.html
You know----Make me glad a bris is done VERRRRRRRRRY young.
Dad (who is RC) said That I screamed like a Banshee.
Poor Kid... when the others find out in school his name will be MUD.
We made the Jewish OB/GYN do it.
What's wrong with NINE children?
According to 911 tapes played in court, Baxter told the dispatcher, "Long story short, sir?
There's a joke in there, somewhere.
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*snicker*
*chortle*
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!
I tried, honest, but I just couldn't hold it in anymore!
My Dad saw a lot of combat---and a lot of blood---some of it his own.
I showed him you post and he said If HE had to do it (obviously he couldn't have) He would have passed out.
Strange,eh?
LOL!! Line of the day so far.
“The rabbi gets the fees, but the mohel gets the tips.”
Hell, only 9?
My late mother would have called them 'pikers'
*sigh*
LOL
"I pray G-d will have mercy on me,"
Maybe---but do NOT expect that from your son
Well, it sounds like there are at least ten little Baxters now. It must be easy to disappear in this country.
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