Half-Ton Woman Indicted in 2-Year-Old's Death 'Too Fat for Jail'

[bhdean]

How was a 1000 lb woman taking care of a 2-year-old? It appears, not very well. Prison is designed to protect society from a person who is a threat. Leaving this woman in her home, where society can walk in any time they want, does not protect anyone. If she has other 2-year-old relatives that she may be asked to watch (since she cannot leave her house), society will not be protected and another murder may occur. Knock out a wall, put her fat a** in jail, convict her of murder, put her in prison, and give her the same care they give the rest of the prisoners.

[BrianK]

Originally Posted by bhdean

How was a 1000 lb woman taking care of a 2-year-old? It appears, not very well. Prison is designed to protect society from a person who is a threat. Leaving this woman in her home, where society can walk in any time they want, does not protect anyone. If she has other 2-year-old relatives that she may be asked to watch (since she cannot leave her house), society will not be protected and another murder may occur. Knock out a wall, put her fat a** in jail, convict her of murder, put her in prison, and give her the same care they give the rest of the prisoners.

Once society takes responsibility for the care of an individual the cost to do so can be enormous. An example of this. Several years ago a prisoner in Cal. needed a heart transplant. He was put ahead of non criminals on the waiting list and his million dollar transplant at tax payers expense kept this criminal alive while non criminal recepients waited. Giving the same care is based on health needs not what would surely amount to inhumane treatment she were treated like all other prisoners. She obviously isn't like all others.

Exactly how will society be served?


The reason for incarceration is supposed to serve society. What part of building a special facility to house this woman, feed this woman, care for her extensive medical needs, provide special transportation, provide special sleeping arrangements and any other special needs at no doubt tremendous expense will this serve society?


I think society will be better served if her "trial" is done by remote. Her sentence to be determined to be served at home.No financial reponsibility for the community to absorb other than the cost of monitoring her in house arrest via a tracking device.

The people that helped her get to this weight can still feed and care for her.

If any incarceration should take place IMO it should be the parents that left a 2 yr. old with a bedridden woman.

[Sally Brown]

If the desire is to "protect" society and this woman cannot get out into "society" because she has eaten herself into a self-imposed home prison, hasn't that need been met? She is not going anywhere so rather than lock her up in a fortified building, why not leave her where she is at and lock "society" out. Wouldn't that accomplish the same thing of protecting the children?

It is stated the child had two blunt trauma injuries to the head. She stated she slipped and fell with one hand (so speed, weight, and pressure focused not over the entirety of her girth but in the relatively small area of an outstretched hand driven downward in a crushing manner by upper arm, lower arm, and wrist bones. Consider the inertia of the fall combined with the woman's weight. It is not hard to believe that she may have accidentally killed the child and unintentional and without premeditation makes it a manslaughter which is a tragedy for everyone concerned.

In God's hands that toddler now rests. No matter how much blame is apportioned and however "justice" is served, that can't be changed. The parents were equally responsible for having entrusted their child to what was obviously an unsafe environment. Yet, no one is suggesting child endangerment charges against them. I find that most disturbing if the aunt had a history of violent/abusive behavior or true invalid status and they left their toddler in that environment for any reason and no one questions that. If she didn't have a violent/abusive history and if they believed she within her own home was "safe", then it is just simply a great tragedy for the family to now forever bear the loss of a child.