Boston, MA (LifeNews.com) -- Haleigh Poutre, the girl who almost became a victim of euthanasia, has lived long enough to see her step-father and abuser Jason Strickland, jailed for more than twelve years. Poutre was the victim of child abuse and was nearly killed when Massachusetts officials gave up on her after she entered a coma.
Boston media report that a judge sentenced Strickland to 12 to 15 years in state prison for participating in the abuse.
Hampden Superior Court Judge Judd Carhart, who handed down the decision in December, characterized Strickland's actions as a "horrific pattern of child abuse."
The sentence came three years after the case drew national attention when state officials tried to receive permission from the courts to take Poutre's life. The young girl eventually responded to doctors just as the permission to end her life was about to be received...