Throw away the keys for those parents in Georgia

[malaise]

It is alleged that they bought two insurance policies on that toddler. Fuck those two sociopaths.
I'm not sure two thoughts ever clicked at the same time in either head.

[Louisiana1976]

1. The husband will probably get the death penalty because it's Georgia. I hope the

wife gets life in prison without parole.

[mercuryblues]

2. I was

really trying to give the benefit of the doubt. Now? I hope the jury decides what is just. I expect a plea bargain of guilty to take the death penalty off the table.

[RebelOne]

10. Let's not convict the parents before the trial

finds them guilty. I have been watching the murder investigation trial all day. The evidence against them is damning, but I prefer to see the verdict after the trial.

[mercuryblues]

11. which is

why I mentioned a jury. What I have read is damning.

put life insurance policies on the baby
googled how long it takes for a baby to die in a hot car
went to the car at lunchtime and never noticed the baby was in there, still
ignored the email sent to him by the daycare to ask why the baby was not dropped off
it was always his responsibility to bring the baby to daycare as it was in the complex where he worked
sexting with several different women while his baby was dying

But I will let a jury decide if it gets that far. I expect him to plea out

[WinkyDink]

16. Are you on the jury? Because I'm not. Remember free speech? It's not just for corporations.

[madinmaryland]

3. Huh? A little context or a linkie would be nice. Thanks!

[malaise]

5. It's all over the news

http://abcnews.go.com/US/dad-charged-toddlers-hot-car-death-sexting-boy/story?id=24416967

[SheilaT]

27. You know what's really weird?

Not everyone watches network news. I don't. Don't have a TV. I wake up every morning to Amy Goodman, usually hear some BBC before and after, read my local newspaper, and generally catch Rachel Maddow in the evening.

So I'm quite well informed on local (I live in Santa Fe) issues, most at-large national and international ones. And I'd heard about the Georgia case, but trust me, it's not all over the news outlets I use.

No matter what, a bit of context is always appreciated. Too often here someone starts a thread which is a one sentence response to something posted somewhere else, or an answer back to something said on a TV show the poster is watching. I find that quite annoying.

[brer cat]

4. This is one of the most horrifying child deaths I have read about.

It is totally beyond my comprehension how any parent could have done that, much less the two conspiring to kill their own child in such a brutal way. That poor child must have suffered terribly. I am opposed to capital punishment, but this is one time I wouldn't bat an eyelash if it is the sentence.

[freshwest]

6. Malaise, I'm with you on this one. And no telling how they treated the kid before killing him...

[Horse with no Name]

7. that just blows me away

TWO policies on a toddler. That is wholly unnecessary.

[dhill926]

9. That is what is going to be happening...

And then I hope these sub humans are found guilty and spend the rest of their miserable existence behind bars.

[WinkyDink]

17. it's called "voicing an opinion." Maybe you've heard of it?

[MineralMan]

26. I'm sure that person has heard of it, since he or she voiced

an opinion. You don't like that opinion? That's not how it works, you know.

[get the red out]

29. No one here is preventing a trial

This is just a discussion, people have opinions, no reason to worry about that.

I am not against a proper and fair trial because I believe this couple should be on trial.

[Igel]

12. It would be really suspicious if they'd bought them recently.

Kid was 22 months in 6/14. So he was born what? 8/14?

The larger of the two policies was from 11/12, when the kid was 3 months. No word on when the smaller policy was taken out.

Insurance money may be a motivation, but the timing sort of points to them either planning this for a couple of years or for the insurance policy purchases to be unrelated.

Then again, this isn't a jury and the only interest isn't here legal or justice-related but prurient and emotional. Still trying to get the various narratives to match up in a coherent fashion.

[malaise]

13. Thanks for the info

I just heard them say that there were two insurance policies plus a lot of very strange behavior.

[Glitterati]

14. I'm sorry, but that's one of the first pieces of junk mail you get when

you bring a new baby home from the hospital....the Gerber baby life insurance policy.

They sell it to new parents as an investment for the kid.

What I saw today was a lot of circumstantial evidence that could be easily misconstrued. Does it look bad? Sure it does, but that's exactly WHY the cops were the only ones testifying today in court.

[WinkyDink]

15. Now, now. Plenty of DU'ers will tell you there is ZERO cause-and-effect here! You see, not everyone

who takes out two life-insurance policies on their suspiciously-deceased child is a murderer! Why, these DU'ers themselves might have so purchased, and THEY didn't murder their children!

They are the same ones who might also have researched "heated-car deaths" before their child died accidentally the same way, after which their spouse quite innocently blurted out, "He must have left him in the car" while he was sexting under-age girls who would allow the husband to live a "child-free life"---also a topic he researched for you know whats and giggles.

Because, you know, what are the ODDS, really, that any of this amounts to guilt and not the amazing and wonderful workings of our universe of coincidences and mathematics?

#raisingeyebrowstothehighheavens

[Glitterati]

18. I don't know

EVERY liberal I know waits for evidence to be presented at a fair trial.

EVERY liberal I know refuses to be the next, internet version of Nancy Grace.

[MoonRiver]

20. All we're doing is expressing opinions.

Of course the jury will decide, but when hearings are played in toto to the public, people are bound to develop opinions.

[Glitterati]

21. Yeah, I know

and the opinions sound just like Nancy Grace today discussing the same case, the same way, ready to hang 'em high.

I am, frankly, astounded to read this Nancy Grace tripe on a Democratic message board.

[MoonRiver]

22. I haven't watched Nancy Grace talk about this case.

I base my opinions on what I saw during the televised hearing yesterday.

[Glitterati]

23. As do I, and she was all over the TV during it

I'm local to the case, well kinda. I live in a different Atlanta suburb.

[MoonRiver]

24. I watched or listened to (through my satellite radio while driving) the entire trial.

Might have missed 5 to 10 minutes of it. I never once saw or heard Nancy Grace giving commentary. I didn't watch t.v. much of the rest of the day, so maybe she was all over the t.v. after the hearing. But whatever she said I missed it.

[get the red out]

30. No Liberal I know has a TV platform

Until we are getting paid for this discussion I don't see why people should fear opinions?

[CBGLuthier]

19. Because Trials are just silly little exercises

And facts are whatever we read on the internet so burn the witches burn the the witches.


I hope they get a fair trial and the facts result in a proper verdict.

[WinkyDink]

25. Wait a darn second here; are you EXPRESSING AN OPINION?!

#ironyfortheironychallenged

[MoonRiver]

28. DU is the only place on the internet I've read about this case.

99.9% of my OPINIONS come from live coverage of the cause hearing, held in a court of law and attended by defendant, prosecutor and defense attorney.

[Mariana]

31. Are you under the impression there won't be a trial?

Whatever gave you that idea? There will be a trial. Opinions expressed on this or any other website will not prevent it from happening.