I Hope She Does Something Wrong

 

September 24, 2020

 

A woman who pressured her boyfriend into smothering his infant son has been sentenced to 120 days in prison and five years’ probation. The charge was dropped from first-degree murder to involuntary manslaughter because she never explicitly instructed her boyfriend to murder the boy; although the article also says that she exerted emotional pressure, sending dozens of messages pressuring the man to kill the baby, and threatening to leave the boyfriend because his sons were a burden in their relationship. (???) (The boyfriend is serving a life sentence for the murder.)

I’ve watched enough “Law & Order” to know that sometime prosecutors have to hold their noses and make deals that will secure a conviction—any conviction—rather than let a defendant go free. So that may explain this one.

If the woman violates her probation, she could have to serve up to 10 years in prison.

 

I hope she violates it on her first day out of the slammer.