I hate the death penalty...but this woman deserves to stay in prison for a long time

[Horse with no Name]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/052407dntexexecution.24584b8.html

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The 5-4 ruling by the state's highest criminal court means Kenisha Berry, 29, will be serving a life prison term for the 1998 smothering death of her infant, Malachi, who was found abandoned and bound with duct tape when he was discovered in a Jefferson County trash bin. The 4-day-old child remained unidentified and the case remained unsolved for five years until the Beaumont woman was identified as the mother of a newborn girl, Paris, found alive, but abandoned and covered with fire ants in a ditch in June 2003.

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Berry, a former corrections officer and day care worker, consented to DNA testing that confirmed she also was the mother of the boy.

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"While the state quite certainly proved that (Berry) showed a pattern of keeping the children sired by one man and discarding the children sired by other men, it did not prove that any other stimulus led to a violent or dangerous act in any other context," the court majority said.

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"We rarely reverse a judgment on a claim of insufficient evidence to support a finding that the defendant will be a danger in the future, and we do not do so lightly. In this case, we understand the jury's decision in response to the death of one infant and the abandonment of another, even if that decision is not supported in law."

[emilyg]

1. She's a monster

There should be no question of parole.

[BlueJazz]

2. Well...She's definitely not a Lady I'd like to bring home to Mom & Dad

[Gman]

3. She's ill mentally

that is not a rational act by a mother. She deserves only life in prison.

[Selatius]

4. Didn't her friends and relatives notice she was pregnant the first time?

[Ghost in the Machine]

5. she killed one baby, then attempted to kill another one. Sorry, I hate

the "life sentence" more than some people hate the death penalty. Why the hell should our tax dollars be spent for the next 40 - 50 years feeding, housing, educating and providing medical coverage for people who are clearly not fit for society?

A needle full of heroin costs a hell of a lot less than new prisons, more guards and 3 meals/day x 365 days/year x 40 years.

{dons flame resistant suit}

[MonkeyFunk]

6. Executing someone is more expensive

than a life term.

Plus, I hate the money argument - it's so shallow.