Comments on: Pa. Women Gets 10 Years for Use of 4-Week-Old Baby as Weapon http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/12/pa-women-gets-10-years-for-use-of-4-week-old-baby-as-weapon/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:38:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: K. S. Knight http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/12/pa-women-gets-10-years-for-use-of-4-week-old-baby-as-weapon/#comment-3592 K. S. Knight Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:46:22 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/12/12/pa-women-gets-10-years-for-use-of-4-week-old-baby-as-weapon/#comment-3592 If a man had used a baby as a weapon, he'd have gotten life, alcohol or no alcohol. But I agree, that sentence does seem a bit lite, particularly given the fact that first timers generally do a shortend sentence and for women this is doubly so. Therefore, I would say it really depends on how much time she'll actually do. I know judges (the good ones, anyway), factor that into sentences they hand out. In California, she'd do a minimum of 8.5 years, since 85% is the absolute best you can do with good time there, and much less in many other states. I don't know what "good time" gets one in Pa. Hmmmmmm... If a man had used a baby as a weapon, he’d have gotten life, alcohol or no alcohol. But I agree, that sentence does seem a bit lite, particularly given the fact that first timers generally do a shortend sentence and for women this is doubly so. Therefore, I would say it really depends on how much time she’ll actually do. I know judges (the good ones, anyway), factor that into sentences they hand out.

In California, she’d do a minimum of 8.5 years, since 85% is the absolute best you can do with good time there, and much less in many other states. I don’t know what “good time” gets one in Pa. Hmmmmmm…

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