Read the story again. She's already plead guilty to "simple battery" (which is probably battery under 940.19(1), a class A misdemeanor) and was sentenced to probation. The maximum jail time is nine months.
Understood. She should never have pleaded guilty to any such specious charge. My point is that social workers tend to be lazy and stupid, and in New England, this slothlike attitude has actually resulted in the deaths of some children.
By "guilty until proven innocent," I mean that in states like Massachusetts or Connecticut, all it takes is an anonymous complaint, and the Dept. of Social Services (DCF in CT) is all over you like a pitbull on a poodle, seizing your children and putting them in foster homes, and you have to prove your innocence to get your kids back. The informant never has to reveal his/her identity, so you have an exquisitely effective means of harrassing someone you don't like, and it has happened many times.