Mom who 'cooked' her child escapes death (Microwaved baby)

EMIRATES 24/7 ^ | May 22, 2011 | Staff

[TSgt]

An Ohio woman convicted of killing her 28-day-old baby daughter in a microwave oven was spared the death penalty and sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole.

Prosecutors said Arnold intentionally put Paris Talley, the infant, in a microwave and turned it on after a fight with her boyfriend. The couple had argued over whether the boyfriend was the infant’s biological father.

China Arnold, 31, of Dayton, who psychologists testified showed no signs of serious mental illness, declined to make a statement during her sentencing, the Daily Mail reported.

Medical experts testified that the baby died quickly after her temperature reached between 107 to 108 degrees Fahrenheit. They said she probably was in the microwave for more than two minutes.

Dr. Marcella Fierro, retired chief medical examiner for Virginia, said: “She died because she was overheated. She was ‘cooked’.”

Two psychologists testified Thursday that Arnold was of average intelligence and showed no signs of serious mental illness. Dr. Jeffrey Smalldon said Arnold suffered from a “low-grade chronic depressive condition” as well as alcohol and drug abuse. He said he found nothing “that would have justified the death of this child”.

In arguing for the death sentence, Assistant Montgomery County Prosecutor Dan Brandt told the jury there were no factors that mitigate the “purposeful murder of baby Paris in that microwave.”

Defence attorney Kevin Lennen said that death or life in prison would be a tough penalty, but death should go only to the worst offenders.

He pointed to evidence that Arnold was drunk at the time of the baby’s death.

Assistant Prosecutor Dan Brandt told jurors that Arnold’s actions were “even more purposeful” than a slaying with a gun or knife, the Dayton Daily News reported.

During closing arguments, Mr Brandt told jurors: “Baby Paris is without life, but she’s not without a voice. Please listen to her.”

Arnold reportedly took Paris to the hospital the following day but she succumbed to her injuries.

It was Arnold’s third trial in her daughter’s 2005 death. Her first trial ended in a mistrial when new witnesses surfaced just before closing arguments.

Arnold was initially arrested but then released due to lack of evidence. She was re-arrested in November 2006.

[TSgt]

Each day I grow more convinced that justice no longer exists in America and that we are devolving as a society.

[I still care]

This woman was guilty of torture. A depraved and cruel act on a child because of her anger and desire for revenge against a totally different person.

I can’t imagine anyone more deserving of the death penalty.

Never thought I ever say something like this, but I hope she gets beaten to death in prison.

[afraidfortherepublic]

death should go only to the worst offenders.

Define worse?

[PLD]

Remember they can do anything they want and get away with it because they voted for Obama..

This devil bitch should be put in a Microwave and cooked..

[PetroniusMaximus]

“This devil bitch should be put in a Microwave and cooked..”

No, no, no. Too fast.

Flayed alive over a two week period.

[b4its2late]

If it weren’t true, I wouldn’t believe it would happen, but I guess I am from a different time in space...

[End Times Sentinel]

The couple had argued over whether the boyfriend was the infant’s biological father.

This makes no sense to me. Wouldn't her husband be the biological father? It's nice that her husband allows her to be friends with other males, but it's a pretty safe assumption that her friend is gay.

[PLD]

How about building a fire outside and roasting her for several days..Leave the skin on..she will suffer longer..

[Nat Turner]

Each day I grow more convinced that justice no longer exists in America and that we are devolving as a society.

You are half right...its true that justice is extinct but the devolution continues...You will not only see more stories like these but somehow Bush or Rush or Glen or Sarah was really responsible...

[Nonsense Unlimited]

When the Lord said, “The world will grow cold” he wasn’t kidding.

[HKMk23]

O MOST HOLY YHVH, WHAT HAVE WE BECOME??!

What this...thing...did to that baby — the nature of it is every bit the horror of the works of Josef Mengele. The act lacks not for depth of depravity, only numerical scale. She her only; Mengele his hundreds.

I am thoroughly and utterly disgusted that there is no justice in the Earth.

MUST we wait for the Seals, the Trumpets, and the Bowls to see Justice done?

CAN THERE TRULY BE NONE, NOW?

[DCBryan1]

No no no....

Death by Scaphism.

True Justice for crimes like this. Same should apply to Casey Anthony.

[HKMk23]

Ahhh, so perhaps the "noble Persian culture" — that great benefactor of modern civilization — has left us something useful, after all.

[runninglips]

A simple bullet to the heart would suffice, simply send her to face her accuser and her God. There is no need to give in to the desire for revenge.

[Talisker]

Medical experts testified that the baby died quickly ... Arnold reportedly took Paris to the hospital the following day but she succumbed to her injuries.

How could the baby die quickly if she was still alive the following day? What kind of people would try to cover up something like this with their testimonies? Good Lord, the agony of the baby is too horrific to contemplate. This is no human mother - it's a demon that should be destroyed.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Unless they keep her out of the general population in prison, she will get her just rewards while there. I don’t think she’ll have many buddies in prison. Someone will certainly terminate this waste of skin.

[PLD]

You have as point there...give her the worse death possible that would keep her alive long enough to make her hurt..

[MeganC]

God forgive me, but I agree with you.

[rightly_dividing]

Two psychologists testified Thursday that Arnold was of average intelligence and showed no signs of serious mental illness. Dr. Jeffrey Smalldon said Arnold suffered from a “low-grade chronic depressive condition” as well as alcohol and drug abuse. He said he found nothing “that would have justified the death of this child”.

What in Sam Hill would justify the death of this child?

[PLD]

With what we have in prison today I wonder if any of them would kill her..To many awful people there..