Here's a story to get your circulation going

[FourDeuce]

Had a local trial recently for a woman in her 50s who had chained her 2 stepchildren to the bed, to a tree, and kept them in a cage for a long time. She faced a judge in the courtroom(guess she asked for a bench trial), and her lawyer asked the judge if her sentences couldn't run concurrently since it was her first offense. I know the judge, and always thought he was very fair-minded, so I enjoyed his response to the lawyer(and to his client). Running the sentences concurrently would have ignored the fact that there were 2 victims involved, so he ran them consecutively.
The story is here, in case anybody needs a cardio workout:
http://harrisondaily.com/news/woman-...871e3ce6c.html
Sometimes I think we should bring caning into our legal system as punishment.

[Madame]

Couldn't view the story. Where was their dad?

[tinknal]

Duece, you need a subscription to access. Can you C&P?

[unregistered168043]

Judging by the behavior of some of the kids I see running around with no supervision and bothering everybody around them, maybe cages wouldn't be a bad idea. In my world, step-mom might be up for an award.

[pancho]

Judging by the kids that live in my area I would think a chain or a cage might be a good investment.

[naturelover]

It's in other news articles - here's the gist of it:

HARRISON, Ark. - An Arkansas woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after she was convicted of chaining her stepchildren to a tire in their bedroom and a dog cage and tree in the front yard.

A judge handed down the maximum sentence Friday to 57-year-old Anna Barber, who was convicted last month of two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor.

The Harrison Daily Times reports that Barber was arrested after police received a report that the children - then 8 and 10 years old - were living in unsanitary conditions. An affidavit says the children told police they were chained to the tire "to keep them safe."

Barber's public defender, Tim Bunch, says his client had no previous convictions and he'd hoped for a lesser sentence.

.

[Callieslamb]

A chain or cage is not a good alternative to adult supervision. The lack of which is probably why the kids in some of your neighborhoods act the way they do. You can't chain the kids to a tree because you don't want to keep an eye on them.

[TxMex]

I think Dr. Laura nailed this one....don't have em if you don't want to raise em.

I'd like to see the 'stocks' brought back. A good big dose of public humiliation might so some folks a lot of good. Besides, I'd like to see her restrained against her will.

[Harry Chickpea]

I imagine the neighbors got upset with the kids barking at them as they walked down the street.

All she was doing was taking the approved legal mentality that, if you are taking your kid somewhere for an eight hour car trip, you have to (by law) put them in a restrictive carseat, lock the carseat to the car, lock the kid in the carseat (preferably backwards) and shove a DVD player and sippy cup in front of them so they don't know where they are going or what is happening. This poor woman just didn't happen to have a car...

[FourDeuce]

Not only were the kids chained or caged, but they were kept in a room for LONG periods of time, apparently with no care. They had foam pads to sleep on and a portable toilet which was often overflowing on the floor. Most people take better care of dogs.

[Ann-NWIowa]

The prison sentence would probably have been longer if she'd abused dogs.

[Trixie]

Yes, where was the Daddy?

Also, if these were STEP children - where was the mother?