Woman who killed baby not going to jail

[I think not]

A Manitoba woman who killed her newborn baby is not going to jail.
27-year-old Selena Stevenson was given an 18-month conditional sentence after pleading guilty to the rare charge of infanticide. Court heard Stevenson placed a plastic bag over her baby's head. The body was discovered in the dump of the Peguis First Nation in March 2003.

Infanticide is described in the criminal code as a female that causes the death of her infant when she has not fully recovered from childbirth. The provision also states it's when the woman's mind is disturbed.

Her lawyer Greg Bodsky says his client was hoping the baby would not be born because a man she was living with would not acknowledge he was the child's father. Brodsky adds Stevenson was an abused and battered woman.

Stevenson must remain at a residence on the Fisher River Cree Nation and complete addictions counselling under the terms of her sentence.

CJOB's Jeff Keele reporting.

http://www.cjob.com/news/index.aspx?src=loc&mc=local&rem=34085

 

[Blackleaf]

It's because she's a woman.

If a man killed a baby, he'd never get away with it.

Western society is becoming sexist.

It's good to know that in Britain, the pay gap between a man and a woman is still the biggest in the whole of Europe.

 

[I think not]

Re: RE: Woman who killed baby not going to jail

It's good to know that in Britain, the pay gap between a man and a woman is still the biggest in the whole of Europe.

And that's a good thing? :?

 

[glossprincess]

That's absolutely awful! How can anyone kill a little baby?? And how can the courts let such an evil person get away?!

 

[Jay]

Infanticide laws in Canada aren't anything new.

 

[Mogz]

I hate this nation at times.

 

[I think not]

Re: RE: Woman who killed baby not going to jail

I hate this nation at times.

Hate the lawmakers mate, you know the ones sitting in Ottawa (and likewise in Washington), who are mostly concerned about themselves.

 

[Sassylassie]

Okay before you judge this woman have any of you heard of "Post Partum Depression" it is a condition that can cause a normal sane and healthy woman to yes kill her children. It's a chemical embalance in the brain not unlike Bipolar Disorder. What to lay blame then blame the medical proffesion for being un-informed and uneducated on this subject. Most woman go undiagnosed and receive no treatment until it's to late. In essence this poor demented soul could of been stark raving mad when she committed her crime.

 

[cortez]

May Tom Cruse strike you down for this blasphemous talk, Sassy.