What confuses me is that, all the proof is speculation. No one actually saw the defendant do anything. Although the trauma and the injuries were horrible and very sad, and although doctors have agreed that it could have only happened a few ways, where is the proof that it was actually Mrs. Polomaine who caused the injuries? I think she should have been in trouble for allowing it to happen in her home, say accused of negligence, but without proof of her actually committing the crime and only proof that the crime happened, how could those jurors succumb to emotion and put this mother in jail? A mother with absolutely no criminal background, and no previous signs of violence. One child will never have her life be the same but also, four children will have to live without their mother until they are in their 20's, this will change who they are and could turn them into angry children. It would make me angry and untrustworthy of our system, and will sure do the same to them.
Very sad. I do not think she deserved that many years in prison, to think of all the other criminals who walk free everyday, and even more so that don't even get caught and here we are sending this poor women to prison for what may not be forever, but might as well be in the life of her children!
Posted on July 2 at 9:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
What confuses me is that, all the proof is speculation. No one actually saw the defendant do anything. Although the trauma and the injuries were horrible and very sad, and although doctors have agreed that it could have only happened a few ways, where is the proof that it was actually Mrs. Polomaine who caused the injuries? I think she should have been in trouble for allowing it to happen in her home, say accused of negligence, but without proof of her actually committing the crime and only proof that the crime happened, how could those jurors succumb to emotion and put this mother in jail? A mother with absolutely no criminal background, and no previous signs of violence. One child will never have her life be the same but also, four children will have to live without their mother until they are in their 20's, this will change who they are and could turn them into angry children. It would make me angry and untrustworthy of our system, and will sure do the same to them.
Very sad. I do not think she deserved that many years in prison, to think of all the other criminals who walk free everyday, and even more so that don't even get caught and here we are sending this poor women to prison for what may not be forever, but might as well be in the life of her children!
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