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"Ohio mother guilty in infant’s death" May 14, 2011|Associated Press
DAYTON, Ohio — Jurors in an Ohio woman’s third trial found her guilty yesterday of burning her baby daughter to death in a microwave oven.
China Arnold, 31, was convicted of aggravated murder in the death of 28-day-old Paris Talley in August 2005. Arnold could receive the death penalty. The sentencing phase will begin Monday.
Arnold’s first trial ended in a mistrial. She was found guilty in the second trial, but that conviction was reversed last fall. An appeals court found there was misconduct by prosecutors and that the trial court made an error by not allowing a material witness to testify in Arnold’s defense.
Prosecutors have said Arnold intentionally put the baby in the microwave after a fight with her boyfriend. The defense had argued that someone else was responsible.
Who?
Medical witnesses testified that the baby died after her temperature reached 107 to 108 degrees and that she probably was in the microwave for more than two minutes, dying quickly afterward.
Messages seeking comment from the prosecutor and defense attorney were left at their offices, but a gag order in the case prevents anyone connected with it from commenting outside court....
Defense attorney Jon Paul Rion argued that the evidence pointed as much to Terrell Talley, the baby’s father, as it did Arnold. He said the prosecutor used the evidence selectively.
Yeah, they always do that; however, it seems pretty simple.
WHO placed the LITTLE BABY in the MICROWAVE?
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"Mother gets life in microwave death" May 21, 2011|Associated Press
Prosecutors said China Arnold of Dayton, 31, intentionally put 28-day-old Paris Talley in a microwave and turned it on after a fight with her boyfriend....
Defense attorney Jon Paul Rion argued that the child’s mother was drunk at the time.
As if THOSE are somehow EXCUSES?!!
Medical experts testified that the baby died quickly after her temperature reached between 107 to 108 degrees Fahrenheit....
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Maybe we should give the mother a one-way ticket to Fukushima and let her clean up the reactors.
"Ohio authorities say a fugitive accused of stealing more than $20 million nationwide through a bogus charity for Navy veterans donated nearly $300,000 to mostly Republican political causes, including George W. Bush’s presidential campaigns and several US senators....
Who happily accepted the check.
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Anyone hear a baby crying?
"Girl, 10, charged in death of baby
CHAMBERSBURG — A 10-year-old girl who allegedly caused a baby’s death by violently shaking him and throwing him into a crib has been charged with third-degree murder. The charges were filed in a Franklin County court after an inquest into the death of 11-month-old Heath Ryder. Dottie Bowers, 56, who was baby-sitting both children, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter (AP)."
