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Jackson, MS, Man, 30, Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Scalding Death of Girlfriend's Child
Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger ^
| 05-24-03
| Gates, Jimmie E.
Posted on 05/24/2003 6:12:35 AM PDT by Theodore R.
Edited on 05/07/2004 7:27:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Michael Hughes Griffin admitted Friday that he killed his girlfriend's 2-year-old son by placing him in scalding water in 1998.
When Cortez Taylor died from the burns weeks later, Griffin placed him in a garbage bag and buried him in the back yard of a crack house, according to court records. The child's remains were unearthed in 2000.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: child; griffin; jackson; manslaughter; ms; scalding; tragedy
"You will have a long time in prison to think about what you did," Yerger told Griffin. "You will serve every day the law allows."
To me this sentence is too lenient. Why is this manslaughter, instead of murder? I wonder if MS is ALSO too lenient on crime. Has MS also joined the "compassion parade"?
To: Theodore R.
I hope they put both these slime in with a bunch of cons with kids. Maybe they'll suffer Jeffrey Dahmer's fate.
That would be merciful compared to their torture of a helpless child.
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posted on
05/24/2003 6:19:14 AM PDT
by
petuniasevan
(Wonders of the Universe)
To: Theodore R.
A daily dipping of this maggot's legs into a vat of boiling oil would seem like a suitable sentence.
To: Theodore R.
No, he'll be in a special building with a special cellmate for the first few months of his stay at Parchman. I've got a buddy who is a deputy sheriff here in Jackson and he said the screams coming from that building and that cell late at night would make any person's blood run cold.
TAW
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posted on
05/24/2003 8:03:45 AM PDT
by
Malichi
To: Malichi
"the screams coming from that building and that cell late at night would make any person's blood run cold."
Care to elaborate. Can the administrators not control the MS prisons?
To: Theodore R.
I don't think that MS has become lenient on crime. The prosecutors just allowed this guy to plead down to a lesser included offense and saved the state the costs of a capital murder trial that they might not have been able to win. I mean, just compare the sentences these scumbags got to what woman that scalded her child to death in Brooklyn, NYC received (she walked away scot-free).
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posted on
05/24/2003 9:12:45 AM PDT
by
bourbon
To: bourbon
I know Swan Yerger.
How much will this guy have to do on 25?
I hate to say it(to you) but he should be on death row.
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posted on
05/24/2003 9:14:47 AM PDT
by
wardaddy
(Your momma said I was a loser, a deadend cruiser and deep inside I knew that she was right)
To: bourbon
The Bible says that at the end of times "the love of many shall wax cold."
Maybe that's why there is no justice in so many of the courts these days. Jurors seem to have greater sympathy for suspects from low socio-economic backgrounds and do not analyze the crimes that these individuals have committed.
To: wardaddy
How much will this guy have to do on 25?
I wish I could tell you. I don't know what the stats are on that. My guess would be that it would depend on the parole board and the needs of the prison system over time. (In short: Search me!)
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posted on
05/24/2003 5:44:47 PM PDT
by
bourbon
To: Theodore R.
Re: Post #8.
excellent point!
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posted on
05/24/2003 5:47:06 PM PDT
by
bourbon
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