Plea deal in death of infant found in trash can

[Chris_]

Plea deal in death of infant found in trash can

Associated Press/San Fransisco Chronicle/SF Gate
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/21/BAMU10PRG1.DTL&type=printable
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

(05-21) 04:00 PDT Los Angeles - --
Excerpt:
A Montana woman whose newborn son was found dead in a trash bin near the University of Southern California campus in 2005 pleaded no contest to child endangerment Tuesday after four attempts to charge her with murder were dismissed.

Holly Ashcraft, 23, entered the plea in Superior Court to the charge and a special allegation that the endangerment resulted in death.

Under a plea agreement, she will be sentenced June 27 to time already served - about 30 days of jail time and about 695 days of electronic monitoring. She also will be placed on five years' probation, said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.

Judge Kathleen Kennedy warned Ashcraft she could face up to 10 years in prison if she violates probation.

It was "a fair ending to a tragic situation," said her attorney, Mark Geragos.

[Chris_]

I guess 30 days for killing your kid would seem fair to Geragos, defender of such stalwart moral leaders as Child Molester Michael Jackson and Wife Murderer Scott Peterson...

[Lord Undies]

The coroner's determination makes it impossible to achieve a murder conviction.  I see why that effort failed four times, even if she admitted her part in the infant's death.  Nonetheless, the sentence she did receive is an insult to human life. 

[Chris_]

On what planet is leaving someone, who is totally helpless, to die not felonious? Thanks to attorneys like Geragos, sadly, this one...