# Mom gets 99 years for child abuse. Isn't that excessive?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 13, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-gets-99-years-for-child-abuse-isnt-that-excessive/637634 "2012-10-13T18:35:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-gets-99-years-for-child-abuse-isnt-that-excessive/637634/101 "2012-10-17T12:15:22Z")

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> [@perfectparanoia](#):
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> It’s not that I think the programs don’t exist but there is an attitude of ‘not my problem’ that seems to exist.

:dubious: OK, what would you suggest we should have done differently before and/or after this woman tortured her kid?

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**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-gets-99-years-for-child-abuse-isnt-that-excessive/637634/102 "2012-10-17T16:09:14Z")

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After I frankly don’t give a crap.

Before, someone should have recognized that both the mother and her children were at risk and gotten them some help. If the mother was seriously a drug addict, they should have been removed from her care.

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