mhking on O'Reilly tonight (2/16) re: sentencing ATL mother to sterilization for murder

Ramblings' Journal ^ | 2.16.05 | Michael King

[Dustin Hawkins]

Good luck, show no mercy

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Good luck!

What an issue. The courts can't sentence people to death but they can sterilize women?? I'm getting more old-fashioned by the minute.

Knock 'im dead! ;)

[Lorianne]

I don't think this ruling is right. She should go to jail, not be sterilized.

After all, do they sterilize men who kill their own children instead of jail time?

[maica]

Thanks for the heads-up, and cool that you get to watch your own performance. Does O'Reilly put antagonists on together? I hope not.

[NonValueAdded]

Michael says, "O'Reilly tapes during the 6P hour, so I ought to be back home in time to watch and live-blog it here." I'm not sure if "here" means his own blog or this thread on FR.

[mhking]

Apparently there are charges that the sentencing may be racially motivated -- there are some that say that if the mother had been white, she wouldn't have gotten the same treatment.

I disagree -- this case shows the complete incompetence of Fulton Co. DA Paul Howard's office. They've screwed up high profile cases from the Ray Lewis case in 2000 on down the line.

This story got more press outside of Atlanta, here is was just accepted as par for the course of incompetence in Fulton County. Mind you, this idiot was just reelected -- though he ran unopposed.

 

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[SlowBoat407]

Just Damn ;-)

[GovernmentShrinker]

When a woman has already lost custody of multiple children to "state custody" and other involuntary arrangements, we should be asking why anyone feels it necessary to wait until she kills one to give her a choice between permanent lock-up and permanent sterilization.

[Puppage]

She should go to jail, not be sterilized

I'd settle for BOTH.

[msp2004]

Knock em dead.
If they'd put her in prison where she belongs or given her a ride on ol sparky she wouldn't have to be sterilized.
Instead she'll get her tubes tied and probably have custody of the other children back soon as though nothing happened.
It is no longer just acceptable to kill unborn children, the newlyborn are fairgame too.

[caisson71]

She deserves a tubal ligation between her shoulders and her head. I would be satisfied with that justice.

[Mudboy Slim]

I ain't much of an O'Reilly fan, but I am a mhking fan so I'll try and check it out...MUD

[najida]

I agree, both sounds right.

How many kids has she had (5 or 7?). She can't mother and she IS a killer.

[Always Right]

I'd settle for BOTH.

That's what i was thinking.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Good luck to you...what a heartbreaking story. I didn't know that the baby had been a preemie. No doubt dozens of nurses and doctors worked to save that baby (at birth) and give her a good start to her life. This is just a travesty.

What has been the reaction, in Atlanta, to the prosecutor's handling of this case?

[cyborg]

I think it may be racially motivated. Maybe not. Who knows?

[razzle]

I'll be watching since I'm usually one of O'Reilly's "folks"

[maica]

Thanks for the heads-up, and cool that you get to watch your own performance. Does O'Reilly put antagonists on together? I hope not.

[demlosers]

Bump. Go get'm.