Agreed ! Found the title of the story misleading. I originally thought life was a bit harsh for gluing a child's hands, however the abuse appears to have been far far more extensive than that.

Doing this to a child can shape them for the rest of their lives.

Bart Conner, training really would have benefited this evil b&^^%#! Get real, children are not property of the parents and cannot be tortured, we need to send a message to all abusers that this is what is in store for all of you if you harm a child! No more sad stories about the abusers and what a tough life, etc... My sympathies lie with the victims, period!

Hope her hands are glued to the prison cell wall so maybe she can feel what pure helplessness is like.

It's amazing when you think about the fact that anyone - any horrible person in the world - is allowed to breed. Not everyone should be entrusted with the care of a child just because their pelvis is capable of spitting one out. I guess the alternative is a police state, but still...when you consider that you have to get a license to drive a car or cut someone's hair, why isn't a license required to become responsible for an innocent human life?

More than likely, she'll get death in prison.

I would say they should glue the beeches mouth shut, not to mention her "other" part she overuses!

@imrightnotyou

HUH?

She gets life, Sandusky get 30 years. What's wrong with this picture?

This woman is nothing less than sadistic.

The child should be allowed to take a dump on her face before she is sent to prison.

She should get life in prison! No excuse for that extreme child abuse.

MakesSense-3389651

@imrightnotyou

HUH?

It's called sarcasm. I guess they forgot to press that button when they posted.

Mozzie

It's not that every pregnant woman should not become a mother, it's that not every woman should be allowed to become pregnant. Pregnancy and birth should be a privilege AND a responsibility, not a right that can be abused. Obviously, this 23 year old with multiple children should not have been allowed to have children.

Julkie,

Texas does not condone this kind of action, as you can tell by the possible life sentence. We are pro life for the most part. That encompasses pre-birth children as well as post birth children.

Hang that trashy bitch!!!

@Kat

Sandusky getting 30 years IS life for him! This woman is young and she should never see the light of day!!!!

There are people who can't conceive and would be good parents, and then there is this........ Even cockroaches don't abuse their off-springs, maybe eat them, but that's about it.

Life in prison is too much--but a long term, yes. However, she should also be "fixed" so that she can no longer bear children. She should be labelled as a danger to children, and not allowed around them. Who knows what happens to people? What goes on their minds (if anything)? Obviously, not everyone is "parent" material.

I hope the little girl has recovered well. May her breeder/incubator be kept away from her forever.

MakesSense-3389651

@imrightnotyou

HUH?

YEAH i got off on a tangent there.

TEXANA DEB..."Texas does not condone this kind of action...we are pro-life for the most part"????

Do you read your own posts?? Texas executes more people in this country far more than any other State. They have executed 486 people since 1976 of the 33 States with Capital Punishment. They execute far more people every year than any other state. Google it and the resources are there for you to use. I would focus on the National Databases, they are more credible.

First, we need to rip the reproductive organs from her body. Secondly, we need to super glue her hand and cheek to a wall and give her kids a pinata stick so they can see if there is any candy inside of her.

Swing away kids!

justicenonexistent, did you seriously say that she should get a lighter sentence for her children's sake?

Krestov,

"Doing this to a child can shape them for the rest of their lives."

I agree. The article said that the grandmother testified against her own daughter in court, but I couldn't help but wonder if the grandmother had treated her daughter like that when she was a child. You never know what goes on behind closed doors. Maybe that contributed to her daughter doing what she did to her own child. Abused children often grow up to be abusive adults.

Why do we, as a society, let a$$holes like this procreate? There should be manditory sterylization for people like her (and before some of you think I'm only talking about the poor or any minority group, I am not. It applies to all socio-economic groups and races).

nydoglover - couldn't agree more.

We as a species seem to be blind to our unbelievable flaws. We go on and on fighting with each other, torturing each other and killing each other.

This has gone on for thousands of years, and yet nothing changes. We are numb to it.

This piece of human trash should get exactly what she dished out. I'd be happy to apply the glue. I'm afraid an-eye-for-an-eye is the only kind of punishment that is even going to begin to stop this sort of heinous behavior.

This "mother" if she is not mentally deranged should receive the harshest penalty possible by law. If it is life this is what she should get. As for Julie w/.....I am a Christian and I am pro life but I'm still 100% for the death penalty for kidnapping, rape and murder if there is solid evidence convicting the offender but not on circumstantial because there is always room for error. They showed no mercy to their victims so why should we show them mercy and let the tax payers care for them the rest of their lives? You know these bleeding hearts have never been victimized who would spare them at tax payer expense.

The article doesn't mention a father in the picture. So where is he on this? Probably looking for a new sperm receptacle.

julkie...

Is Texas REALLY what we should all aspire to become?

Congratulations...you win the award for the dumbest post on this vine!

pssssttt...the article is about a woman who tortured her 2 year old child. Take your political BS somewhere else! I'm surprised you didn't blame GW...you know, they do live in the same state.

Worse than a bitch, a bitch cares for her cubs.

Unfortunately, it is this attitude precisely that has perpetuated the very problem you are complaining about. To draw some kind of imaginary line between a mom gluing a child's hands and beating her for something and then adding that you'd be happy yourself to do exactly what the mom did. There is no excuse for being the source of further suffering of another human being. Period.

Its a disgusting story, so I have no doubt you were being extreme. Would you really, literally be capable of gluing another human being's hands to a wall and then beating them? You do sound rational enough that you most likely wouldn't. So, I get where you're coming from. But its taking the anger and adding a thought process to it... seeing a mother react in anger and so choosing to mimic the mother to teach her or punish her not to do something... Transfer that onto any other case. Same deal with the whole idea of, "what they did attacking our innocent civilians/tourists/Christians/Muslims/etc is SOOO DISGUSTING... WHYyyyy we oughtta go and exact levels of suffering onto them the likes of which they have never seen!

Really? Thats gonna end the problem? THAT thinking IS the problem.

mozzie-600

And there are those who firmly believe that every pregnant woman should become a mother. Those people are as guilty as this woman.

I think you fail to realize that it is not that we believe every pregnant woman should become a mother--many of us very firmly believe that some women should never become pregnant to begin with, and that if they would practice safe sex, situations like this one--a poor child being abused to the very edge of death--would not happen. The thing is society doesn't get to say who is eligible to have children. Your answer, abortion, is to go ahead and kill the child before (you believe) they have a chance of knowing they even existed. To you, that would be better than this two year old having gone through this terrible thing. I wonder if you would look her in the eye and tell her that her mother should have aborted her (would you be able to look yourself in the eye after, if you could manage such callousness)? Since society doesn't have a say, can't enforce safe sexual practices, can't force abortions on people who obviously don't need or deserve to have kids even though they keep popping them out, it seems that we are stuck with situations like this... where we should hope (and perhaps even pray, if we can muster the courage to have at least the hope if not the faith, that somewhere out there there is a god that will hear and answer) that this poor little girl will grow up better than her mother, that she will realize she owns her own choices and that her parents have very little to do with who she will become, and she will do great things.

bitches have pups not cubs... just saying

that poor little girl....she is just the tip of the iceberg...one that actually was discovered what desperate little lives some kids in American live.....I could say something political here, but I won't...poor baby. AND I fear, this is not a behavior unknown to her older siblings either.

"...when you consider that you have to get a license to drive a car or cut someone's hair, why isn't a license required to become responsible for an innocent human life?"

Why, didn't you know? Because having a child is a "God-given right."

@Gerald H. Johnson

"I am a Christian and I am pro life but I'm still 100% for the death penalty"

Complete contradiction of terms.

You might as well say "I believe the sky is blue but I still believe 100% that the sky is green. Makes about as much sense.

She gets life, Sandusky get 30 years. What's wrong with this picture?

Ms. Escalona never won a National Championship. Jerry won 2.

Jerry doesn't have any neck ink.

I'm not saying it's right, I'm just trying to answer the question.

Also... she won't get life. She'll be sentenced to 15 years and will serve less than 8 of them.

And there are those who firmly believe that every pregnant woman should become a mother. Those people are as guilty as this woman.

I assume you are speaking of abortion. Abortion has been legal since 1972. How are "those people" (I assume you are referring to pro life people) "as guilty as this woman" when there was no legal barrier to her being able to get an abortion, and no one knows if she even wanted one? I really don't get your logic. You act as if abortion has been declared illegal or something when you know that it hasn't. Has the existence of legal abortion all these years decreased child abuse at all? Why are you blaming people who are pro life for child abuse when abortion is legal now? What would you do in a case like this, take away her choice and FORCE an abortion?

well heres the problem.... we live in a "free" country. Many people interpret that to mean they are free to do whatever they feel as relates to "their kids". And unfortunately for too many it means torturing "their" kids, or feeding them crap seven days a week or handing them an uzi to let them see how it is to hold an automatic weapon. LOTS of "mums" arent worthy of motherhood, and "dads" of fatherhood. And, also unfortunately, our constitution doesnt allow for forced sterilization, which would only work AFTER the fact, so we could sterilize this beast but only after she tortured or killed or otherwise mutilated "her" kid(s). Many people here want to glue her face to the wall and beat her; the muslim extremists would have no problem with that, under sharia law the punishment would certainly fit the crime. It really is too bad she has only one life to serve in prison, and, hopefully, it will be a real life sentence, with no possibility of parole.

Lu -- great post. The problem is today we make it continent to have an abortion. It is just as easy to get an abortion than to remember to take a birth control pill. It’s a reset button, a do over, a replacement for responsibility with no consequences.

people are cra-zy

@Gerald H. Johnson

"I am a Christian and I am pro life but I'm still 100% for the death penalty"

Complete contradiction of terms.

You might as well say "I believe the sky is blue but I still believe 100% that the sky is green. Makes about as much sense.

Actually, it makes complete sense and isn't at all a contradiction in terms. A fetus isn't a killer. A fetus never beat someone. A fetus didn't steal anything. The only crime a fetus ever committed was coming into existence because it's parents lacked sense. The death penalty is used more carefully against convicted killers than it is used against fetuses. At least the criminal gets the jury of his peers and a judge. All the fetus gets is dear old mom.

The sky is both blue and green. Sometimes we just lack perspective to see so.

chipsalom. With your "OH everything is so wonderful, and I love everyone" attitude, Yes I would glue her hands to the wall and kick the everloving hoobejar out of her! I would not enjoy it,it would be deserved! Do I believe "an eye for an eye"? I never used to, but slowly with cases like this? Maybe.

When it comes to children, discipline (respect for elders, etc) might be a (non-bruising) swat on the bum as an attention getter is fine. But torture and bringing them close to death is just...just... damn it fires me up!

I'm sure she will get all the necessary punishment she deserves in prison but a bullet in the head would be quicker and cheaper.

I hope the state doesn't give her children to the grandmother. A mother abuses because she was abused. Maybe it wasn't the grandmother who did it, but I don't think the state should risk it.

This is so far from the truth its not funny.

"It's not that every pregnant woman should not become a mother, it's that not every woman should be allowed to become pregnant. Pregnancy and birth should be a privilege AND a responsibility, not a right that can be abused. Obviously, this 23 year old with multiple children should not have been allowed to have children."

dumbest logic I ever heard. How do you know she obviously should not have been allowed to have children before she even has children?

So who are you going to want to be the pregnancy police?

people are cra-zy,

Do you know the difference between a murderer and an innocent child? Seriously, if you cant see the difference, I dont think you know what morality is.

5 bucks says she gets 5 years at most. She's a woman so the judge will think she is somehow the victim and she will get a slap on the wrist.

It's not that every pregnant woman should not become a mother, it's that not every woman should be allowed to become pregnant. Pregnancy and birth should be a privilege AND a responsibility, not a right that can be abused. Obviously, this 23 year old with multiple children should not have been allowed to have children.

Texas Deb and whoever else thinks this is a good idea: who do you recommend gets to choose who gets to be a parent? The government? Your local PTA? Think it through. You really don't want that.

Before we spend a million dollars putting her up in jail, maybe she should be deported back to where her or her ancestors hailed from, and tell them we don't allow her kind.

I don't know how old her other kids are, but maybe they are all young enough that they can be salvaged after the kind of treatment they all most likely received, and obviously witnessed, from this poor excuse of a human being...much less a mother. The only saving grace is that the "punishment" and abuse got bad enough, quickly enough that it couldn't be ignored any longer. Imagine what those kids would turn out like after spending their whole childhood with such a felonious bitch. It's too bad this mere toddler had to endure what she did, but it just may have saved both her and her siblings from even worse later on.

I say life. And I'm glad it happened in Texas. Ordinarily I think the penal system in Texas is far too extreme, but in this case they can't sentence her for enough hard time to suit me.

Oh, and we don't deport immigrant criminals convicted of crimes in the US. First they do the time, and THEN they are deported. Personally, I always believe it's worth spending the money on incarceration, screw the taxes spent on it. It's worth it.

This evil piece of shi* is just another example of why having children should be a privilege, not a right. I hope this piece of shi* suffers every day the rest of her life!

First "fix" her so she can't get pregnant, then glue her hands to the rec-room wall at the men's prison.

Seriously, the government ought to offer $2000 to anyone of breeding age to get irreversibly "fixed". Most of these losers would go for the money to get their next drug fix or something shiny, a lot of societies problems would be solved.

Absolutely, this was a horrible thing, period! Now please, next time we read on here about an animal being tortured and/or murdered, I hope we'll all remember how we feel now about this torture of innocence.

I have said this again and again, animal rights IMO, is not about lowering the bar for human compassion and concern, rather raising it for the animals that are tortured and murdered by the billions every year in this country and around the world. 10 million potential "pets" are murdered by "us as a society" every year in this country, and it "seems" only a handful know or care about this horrible treatment of other living beings.

I hope the little girl is able to forget much of what happened to her, but sadly I think she will be scarred for life. I wish her and her siblings all the best and hope "we" take good care of them. Such a tragedy!

"We must never stop doing our best to end man's inhumanity towards the most vulnerable among us, be they animals or humans" -Paul Hester

This bitch should get a beating everyday...and her hands glued to the wall.

Its sickening so see a story like this and know in your head there are probably children in our country worse off than this poor child. His mother may very well be abused herself but there has to be some type of inner personal responsibility which seems to have been lost and mutated over the last few generations. Many feel what is wrong is right, others feel entitlement to something, others struggle just to get by yet may not be able to get by and yet others have enough not to have to worry about such things. I am willing to bet this "Mother" I know that word does not apply here, probably comes from a poorer background and has had a tough life. That is still no excuse. 200 some years ago people had a dream of a better life and the inner sanctum to be able to prosper and grow from life itself. It no longer seems that way. The rich the poor the middle class what are these? They never existed 200 some years ago. We had problems such as slavery and tried to do something about it as a country and I dont know what else could be done to correct instead of learn from the mistake. It wont make any difference if someone is givin $500,000 because thier incestors were wronged or if they were prescribed the wrong drug or if somebody was jumping their bike and landed in the neighbors yard and sued the neighbor. If that money is givin to someone who is not use to having that, it is probably more than likely too cause more problems than good whether it be colored, asian, mexican, or caucassion, and what is referred to as white trash. It's the basic principles and structures that have been twisted so badly over the years that this country is where it is at. It is still the greatest country in the world but we must all look at ourselves in the mirror and be able to aswer ourself truthfully that we are doing what is best for our children, grandchildren, senior citizens and yes even me a middle aged white male. I am not rascist there all people of all colors and creeds I am or could be friends with yet there are also people of all colors and creeds I would not be befriend. I feel terrible for this young girl and her siblings as they are more than likely scarred in one way or another. Lets just hope they are better at looking in the mirror and being able to to be honest with themselves as to what is morally and legally correct than the last few generations have been. Not just what a law says. Things in this Government have gotten way away from the founding principles and have twisted and turned those principles into laws and regulations that do not serve "The People" in the best interest as originally intended. Kind of got off subject but one hand washes the other.

@ chipsalom - Yes.

Holy hell--over potty training!?

She should know that she didn't come into the world learning to not soil herself. Someone had to teach her. If she didn't want to parent, she should've put the child up for adoption.

What a horrible experience for the child--I hope she finds better parents in foster care (and that her mother's parental rights are terminated!)

perhaps life with her face super glued to a TOILET is appropriate!

She gets life, Sandusky get 30 years. What's wrong with this picture?

Nothing is wrong with this picture. Sandusky will not live long enough to serve his full sentence.

they should cut off her hands then give her life without parole ..

While what she did was way more than reprehensible, I personally don't think life is appropriate. Not for her sake, but for her children's. People do manage to regret their stupidity and change. No matter what she did – her children will always love her. Life in prison would be more punishment for them than for her.

What a load of codswallop! My mother did a lot less than this to me, and I stopped loving her long ago. Unconditional love is something a mother is supposed to feel for her child, but no child should ever be expected to love a monster they call "mom", unconditionally! She put her daughter in a coma! She is worthless to her children and, trust me, her children know that! They'd be better off with no parent whatsoever. The little girl doesn't ever want to see this monster again! Sure, she's only 2, and is probably too afraid to tell people this, because look what her mother can do to her! Ask people who truly were mistreated by their parents if they wanted their parents to keep them! Who do you think started child protective services in the first place? You think somebody who was brought up peachy keen said "although my parents were loving, I have a sneaking suspicion some parents aren't? Enough to actually pursue it until we get some laws passed"?

And for all you idiots who claim that abused children grow up to be abusive parents, of course that's not true. Got any theories for what types of parents spoiled brats grow up to be? Seriously, watch Super Nanny. What types of parents do you think those kids will one day become? Spoiled brats are the bullies at your child's school, and the abusive parents in our society. Save your sympathy for their victims. The grandmother turned her daughter in because it was the right thing to do, and she was horrifed by her daughter's treatment of her kids, much like how Casey Anthony's mother turned her in, and then had a change of heart. Indeed, "i was abused too!" makes handy excuse for any criminal, whether an abuser or a murderer. I was an extremely popular babysitter and am a very empathic parent. Even when I was 11, my church would ask me to babysit groups of children, and then they'd quickly try to figure out how to back out of the request if my mother volunteered to help me. I'm afraid nothing teaches empathy like having been there. I would never beat a child any more than somebody from Ethiopia would deliberately starve a child.

Please stop perpetuating the lie that we can raise children without consequences and they will become good parents. No, they will become spoiled brat bullies who do this to their children. Please stop perpetuating the lie that abused children want to be with their parents. They don't! They fear death every bit as much as the rest of the world. This little girl is a POW at 2 years old, and she hates her mother as much as every other sane person in the world, including those who have never had the stress and fear of being this b*tch's victim. If you honestly think this woman was beaten in childhood, how do you suppose grandma responded to the lip piercing and the tattoo? How did she live through that discovery long enough to do this to her own child?

Another person who shouldn't of have kids.It takes patience to potty train kids and their is no magic age.She is lazy,ignorant and not fit to raise a goldfish. Note to Exasperated737,Are you writing the next great American novel?

Chipsalom: I wouldn't waste the glue. I would however have no problem walking up to her and shooting her between the eyes. Dead right there. Done.

There's a thousand and one uses for crazy glue......now there's a thousand and two!

I am overwhelmed with grief for this family. Who raised this girl to believe that torture was acceptable? Who did not see this coming? Obviously this young mother was in over her head. Who in her family dropped the ball when other events happened prior to this really horrid example?

A long prison sentence is the only way to ensure the safety of her children in the future. Also, it will eliminate her ability to have other kids. A long, long, sentence.

they should all have to be sterilized before they cash their first welfare check..., that is the price for making poor choices. In a free society you are free to succeed and you are free to fail, and she obviously did the later; take away her kids, put her in the pen, and never let her procreate again. Some Prison Amazon is going to be her momma...

Styro: why isn't a license required to become responsible for an innocent human life?

There used to be one, called a "marriage license", in which a man and a woman stood in front of the community and vowed to take care of each other, and it was expected that they would have children, and take care of them and thereby help the community. If a woman had a child without the vow, then it was expected that the child would go to a couple who had made their vows, but were unable to have children. Men who had already made the vow to one woman, and had a child by another, were still expected to provide for the child.

Before the vows were taken, there was a period of time called an "engagement", to check out any potential problems, such as anger issues, and to discuss children, etc. And during the ceremony, there was a last minute chance for anyone in the community to stop the vows from taking place.

Things didn't always work out perfectly, but, for the most part, they did work.

"A mother abuses because she was abused."
Not always.
Some people are just completely selfish and without empathy.
But even if she WAS abused, there are millions of abused children who grow up and don't do it.

Ms. Escalona never won a National Championship. Jerry won 2.

Oh, I see. So, if she had won a National Championship, then maybe we could cut her some slack! Yea, that clears it up.

Sadly, Judy, a long prison sentence does not guarantee that she won't get pregnant in prison by a male (in either visiting capacity or employee capacity). The only way to ensure that doesn't happen again is that she be sterilized... immediately.

Someone needs to superglue her hands to a wall and then beat the hell out of her then forget to give her medical treatment.

In Virginia-A 39 year old female teacher is sentenced to 22 years in jail for sexting a 16 year old student in her class. 22 years for sending a picture of her boobs? This is crazy as he!!. BTW FYI Do not fall for "People are Cra-zy" on here, he is always just trying to correct people's grammer and also makes dumb remarks about people's post. He is a troll.

#1.67 The sad part of your statement, which I know you believe, but is not true is that an abused child does not hate the abusing parent. True, they do not understand what they did wrong but they want to please that parent more to "win" the good pat on the head.

It wont be forthcoming, of course. An abuser does not ever say "good job" unless it is to reward themselves. Abusers need power over something so they can feel in control. The abused child is in a no win situation. Any time we see it in public, act quickly to stop it. If enough people react in the same way some might "get it".

As for sterilization, since this is America, and we DO NOT TAKE THE RIGHTS OF ANYONE AWAY lightly, it would and should be hard for any court to authorize such a drastic step. I would not vote for it. While I agree that is horrendous that such a person be given rights over a child, keep in mind that not all abusers are women with children. What do we do? Sterilize everyone we find abusing a child?

No, we incarcerate them and we stew and we argue about what would be a better solution.

The good God who made us has given each of us certain power to make decisions that influence our own and the lives of others. It is up to us to "do the right thing" at all times.

I know many of you do not believe in God and that is truly a sad thing. But the free will he allowed us is just that. And incarceration is the best remedy we have to achieve what you hope for. It is not foolproof and I am certain that some of these women will get pregnant in jail but the numbers do not bear out as you are implying. An outcry would be heard across the country if that were the case.

Improving our ability to spot such abuse and being willing to step in and correct same should be first on our list of what can help. And becoming a foster parent to such a child when the family cannnot step in is also good.

In other words, putting our words into action that would benefit those children.

Sterilization is not the answer. It reminds me of mob justice in the old west. Hang em often and hang em high.

imrightnotyou

Life is a little much. I mean it is in the culture of her country to punish the children

That is the most idiotic comment I've read so far. Besides, there is a difference between punishing a child and abusing a child.

That woman looks awfully violent to me, give those children back to her, and she will kill them. She will not change, the street shaped who she is today a long time ago. I hope she goes to prison until those kids are of age and don't have to live with her.

@Judi

she has 5 kids at age 23. She doesn't have a job or a clue about proper parenting. Just learning how to be a proper mother towards the kids she does have is more than enough "responsibility" for her to attempt to learn. this woman should be sterilized or required to be on birth control when not incarerated. She does not need to bring more kids into this world that a)she cannot afford to care for and b) cannot properly care for.

When you physically abuse a child to this extent you should loose certain rights pertaining to children PERMANENTLY. the ability to have more children should be one of them.

@ peoplearecrazy: the sky can actually be any color in the rainbow given the right conditions. During an Aurora Borealis they are very green. I'd have considered another analogy.

As for Christian compatibility with the death sentence, I don't see why they can't be completely compatible. No one practices Christianity in a pure, sinless form and that was never expected. If putting murderers and rapists to sleep is a sin, I'd be happy to and will happily ask for forgiveness later.

I've read both positions on what this woman deserves in terms of punishment. She DESERVES some serious midieval stuff but I think our society would be better simply putting her to sleep. There's no benefit to her or anyone had from putting her in a cage for life, we can't just let her slide and who wants to pay for any of it? She should simply be put to sleep. And as for the lawyers who would appeal such a conviction and those who believe no one no matter what they do should be put to sleep, well, they should be put to sleep too to make room for people who think there are certain things humans may not do to others.

Genenut #1.82 Oh, please do not misunderstand me. Her crime and it is a crime to abuse a child entrusted to your care, requires some serious incarceration. But , our system does not allow for what you would prefer. Of course, a judge could rule that some portion of what you wish be part of her sentencing. But in law, in America, there are some things we cannot do.

Like cutting off people's hands for theft or stoning for laying with someone other than your mate. You get the idea. We are civilized. Or we think we are.

I think what she wanted to say was that every unborn should have a chance at life... and if you blow your chance at being a good human being (such as killing someone else) then you should get death... works for me..

And as for this bitc*, I think they should glue her legs together so she doesn't reproduce.

Well, guys, she got 99 years. In 45 she could get parole. Past child bearing years and her five kids will be grown and on their own. Good luck to them and good riddance to her. Kind of a win/win for us, don't you think?

Exasperated, I can understand your anger considering that you said or implied that your mother did certain abusive things to you. However, I'm not sure it's fair to assume that every single abused child feels exactly the same way you do. As a former abused child myself, I have to say that I still loved my parents. I was never taken out of my home, and oddly enough I can't say that I wish I had been. If my parents had divorced I never would have had the opportunities I had-and the abuse might have been even worse if I'd had to visit my most abusive parent alone over a weekend or a period of several days. Also, and I don't expect you to understand this, but my dad had a miraculous spiritual awakening at the very end of his life (one day before his sudden death of a heart attack, in fact) that likely never would have happened if we had not stayed in the home-this was something I and my siblings had hoped for and prayed for over at least a decade.

(For those who may be thinking that God didn't do my dad much good since he died the day after having the spiritual awakening: I don't see it that way at all. We had been praying for this awakening for a decade and feared it wouldn't happen before he died-because, to be honest, we feared for his soul because we loved him. He wasn't a project or anything like that or like we were holier than he-we just wanted to KNOW for sure that he would be okay because he really was a miserable and unhappy guy. We feared it wouldn't happen before he died because he was a diabetic and an alcoholic who lived a dangerous lifestyle, though he was certainly not expected to just drop dead like he did-he was fairly young. What would have been more likely would have been a terrible car wreck or some sort of diabetic incident-he had already had several of both, and he didn't wear a seat belt. We were just so grateful that our prayers were answered-and, though we loved him, we don't miss him. He was definitely not a happy man in life-especially not at that point of his life-and we believe he is full of joy now. So I wouldn't agree that God didn't do him any favors.)

You may assume that my abuse couldn't have been that bad for me to feel the way I do. I am not trying to compare myself to others as far as to imply that I feel anything more or worse than anyone else because pain is pain, and everyone who is abused suffers terribly; but I will say that some really bad things were done to me. I had no idea what to expect when I began sharing my story, but the experts I saw in recovery were shocked by it; and one expert with decades of experience told me he has never worked with someone with experiences like mine. Again, pain is pain and all survivors of abuse suffer pain-I'm not anything special in that regard. I'm just letting you know that I really did suffer severe abuse, but I still loved my abusers. And, yes, I've gotten really angry at my dad and all of my abusers-I've even gotten really mad at God and screamed at him. After a time I just had to let it all go. I've known other survivors of abuse who loved their abusers as well-and others who hated their abusers.

I felt similar to you in that I chose to leave the area where I grew up as soon as I hit college age-I knew that I would suffocate if I didn't get away-and I've stayed away more and more as I've gotten older. However, I still had a strong pull back towards some of my abusers for a number of years. My spouse used to wonder why I always went back to my family for support and kind of resented it, I think. It wasn't until I began really coming out of denial about what my family really was that I was able to break the hold they had on me.

I don't expect you to feel the way I do, Exasperated. Everyone reacts differently. I found that what has helped me heal the most has been forgiveness, not so much for the sake of my abusers-and certainly not in the sense of "letting them off the hook" because I have no intention of denying what was done-but in the sense of letting go and for my own sake. Forgiveness also doesn't mean trusting people that have proven not to be trustworthy or pretending something didn't happen. It just means letting go my anger. They say in recovery, "To forgive is to set a prisoner free only to discover that the prisoner was you." I can't say that forgiving is an easy path, but it has given me a great deal of peace and freedom-of course, I'm still having to work on it. My relationships with my entire family are different because I can stay calm and set boundaries and no longer let them manipulate me like they used to. You are not me, however. You must decide for yourself what will work for you.

Yeah women who do things like this to children probably get treated like male pedophiles do in prison.....and hooray for that!

If this were any other state than Texas Id say there is little chance of her getting life. After all she's in line to receive the female discount, the minority discount. What we need is DETERMINATE SENTENCING IN ALL STATES FOR ALL FELONIES.

Anyone convicted of felony child abuse should also have to be surgically altered and have a tatoo placed on their forehead denoting their crime (in addition to their prison sentnece) to help insure they can't reoffend. They can't have anymore kids to vivtimize and other parents know not to let them near children.

I would be very surprised if she makes it out of prison. The women in there don't mess around with this kind of stuff.

Apparently, when you peel away a couple layers, you aren't all that different than the mother in thought process.

Sorry, but its true. What the mother did is disgusting. But this programming that so many ppl have that somehow shorts out when it comes to what THEY want to do to someone exact in order to punish or exact revenge, thats somehow immune to judgement.

You are either a source of human suffering, neutral, or a voice against it. It is scary how many ppl who are rightly outraged at what this mother did seem to have similar thought processes without even realizing it. Take all the details away... a mother and child, whatever, you boil it down and its not all that different. The mother deserves the natural consequences of her actions. There is no undoing the damage she has done to her child... certainly forcing the mother to suffer won't right any kind of wrongs done to the child. But it will apparently allow other ppl with violent, sadistic tendencies the excuse to commit similar acts and somehow make believe that its ok because the person theyre forcing to suffer "deserved it".

Am i being a little extreme? Of course, but its with the goal of getting ppl to slow down a bit and look at how sick their own thought process can be, as well. The two wrongs will make a right, make another suffer type of thinking is the same problem, regardless of the form and who the abuser and abused are.

@chipsalom; Very good observation. It is amazing how many "peace-loving" people are walking around today. It's like living in a modern day version of biblical times. People, read your own posts. Examine just how violent your own language is. How different are you from the violent criminals? What authority do you have to judge? Where did you get the idea that it is ok to cause violence if you feel justified? You all sound like the people who called for Jesus' crucifixtion. Get a grip.

23 tears old with 4 kids. CPS removes the kids from her, what does that tell you...no baby daddyS. Of course. One less breeder leech out of circulation, yeah!

Chpsalom. You are so full of namby-pamby BS. I used to get angry, really angry, but never, ever did I focus it on a person. I broke my hand, twice, punching walls! If she was angry, tear up paper bags, go outside and spit 3 times, anything, but do not lay a hand on anyone, especially a defenseless kid!

@people are cr-azy: There is a difference between those calling for Jesus' crucifixion and those who condemn this woman for what she did to her child. Jesus was unjustly called to be crucified by a pharisaical population that had a mob mentality; those of us that find fault in this mother's actions are crying out in horror at unfathomable abuse. I actually became sick to my stomach reading this story...as the mother of a pre-schooler, I can't even understand the mindset of this woman that would allow her to harm her child in such a way. There is nothing unjust about permanently removing this woman's children from her care and sending her to prison for her actions.

Some people on here are saying that she will get paid back when she gets to prison, do some of you even realize that there are more and more people just like her going to prison, I mean really, is the pot going to get even with the kettle????

A human that does this needs to have their right of reproduction taken away--it's too risky for any future children she might have (it's one thing to get life in prison, another to actually have that happen, i.e. someone might parole her 10 or 20 years from now). And I hope the little girl and her siblings get adopted and have a loving healthy home. And by 'right of reproduction taken away' I mean sterilization. I'm NOT in favor of the pregnancy police--if any one wants that, then go to China and observe. However, offering $2000 to be 'fixed', well, maybe you have a point there, dan42day (#1.58)

Life in prison is not approiate, if it is proven without any doubt that she did this, then execution is the only punishment she needs. If she had been abused as a child, that is not an excuse, she knew right from wrong. Child abuse must not be tolerated period, there is a vast difference between a spanking and beating a child. I am all for disiciplining a child by spanking after all else as been tried, but there is a line thta must not be crossed and if it is then the only sentence is execution. This is especiality true for sex abusers. I repeat that it must be proven the abuse was commited without any doubt. Murderers and rapist must be executed also. No mercy for these animals, they do not deserve it, their victims no doubt asked them for mercy if they were able to. The bleeding hearts are wrong in this. These people will commit these crimes again if given the chance, I say do not give them a chance. I do not want these people to be tortured, I want them to be executed.

for her ilk?...guess so go to wally world and look around. evidently part of their new "culture". also there was no mention of priors, so tell me is this one of those poor immigrants we keep reading about?

And skanky mouth piercing. Life and deport her illegal family. Nobody gives a F about her priors Scooter, this was really sick.

Nice IXLR8, first thing off the bat, make a racist and ignorant statement about deporting her family. Jackass, she's a citizen, along with the rest of her family. Just because she has a hispanic last name doesn't make her illegal.

It's not the 1950's sock hop days you used to travis, she is gang material in Texas doing this kind of garbage. 2+2 =4, Not racist just stating the obvious.

I'm curious whether the neck tatoo is a gang sign, which would explain a lot. I'm also curious how her other children survived her brand of parenting. Perhaps this poor child was young enough that these horrendous acts will not damage her for the rest of her life. There is no excuse for child abuse.

IXLR8, she's trash, obviously, and life in prison is far better than she deserves. She's obviously gang material in Texas. Which means she's likely been raised there. She's dirt, that's not what I didn't like about your comment. Your crap comment saying we should "deport her illegal" family was the bullsh!t I was calling out. Screw you for assuming every person with a Hispanic last name is illegal.

It's situations like this that confirm what I've always believed.

You need a license to have a dog, but any idiot can be a parent.

I'd let he watch my kids. But then again, I dont have any kids. :)

I don't think he was basing it on her last name. Her appearance screams illegal gang trash.

Once again Jeanette - you realize that the gang trash is trash from gangs in the US, right? It's not like the US doesn't have gangs, and the only gang members you see must be illegal. Actual gangs from Mexico or El Salvador (the dangerous kind) don't have lip piercing and tattoos on the neck... they're more discreet. This is good ol US of A gang trash.

That first statement is a bit ignorant don't you think? The rest is spot on. But tatoos don't make you do stupid things, just saying.

No, not tattoos in general. But, I do have to say, the type of tattoo and its placement suggests to me that she might be dumb enough to be in a gang. I wish we could stop those people from reproducing. Unfortunately, too many people are worried about the "human rights" of stupid people.

I am the mother of four, grandma of four and I have 9 tattoos. In no gangs and don't abuse people in general; certainly not children. My tats are for my children, parents and my beliefs. Tattoos have nothing to do with a person's actions...

When you understand human rights and actually TRULY stand for them, then you don't start making strange exceptions because of this and that detail. Is she a stupid person? Clearly. But no more stupid than all the ppl who would use her behavior as an excuse do to the same back to her. Clearly, there is something missing in a lot of ppl'z thought process. HUMAN rights don't stop because the "human" looks a little different, is stupid, or a different color. Pplz stupid decisions will come back to them, no need to add to the stupidity, imo, if you get what i mean.

I guess maybe the Viet Cong who held John McCain figured he was just stupid because he was white and could speak their language at first, in a country full of brown asians. Maybe that made it easier for them as well. Don't dehumanize, or soon you'll find that youre the one who has become less human. And then you'll find yourself in someone else's cage.

Ah yes! Fee-fie-fo-fum I smell a chipsalom troll!

Who would willingly get their neck tattooed?

Lots of people get their neck tatooed. They weren't happy with a blank canvas and decided to get it dirty. #4.6

I have a tattoo on my neck. It is a rose with a butterfly and one of my daughter's name...It actually hurt less than any of the others. I still don't see the problem with it.

p.t. barnum would be proud...............

MSN does this sort of thing on purpose to get people to click and read, so they can make more money.

Typing on the keyboard is free. They're not getting a dime from me.

How did you get 45 to life, it says 5 to life. It would be a travesty if she didn't do much more than 5 years. How do we prevent her from having any more babies?

skunky-shoes.... it's called reading ability, and I quote from the article;

Prosecutors were seeking 45 years in prison for 23-year-old Elizabeth Escalona but she could spend the rest of her life in prison on the felony injury to a child conviction,

um here?

Prosecutors were seeking 45 years in prison for 23-year-old Elizabeth Escalona

of course the judge "could" give her 5, but that's not the way it works around here, most take the prosecutions suggestion unless there are strong reasons not to.

BTW try oder eaters............

TY-XD

one other thing "skunky"

How do we prevent her from having any more babies?

USE THE GLUE............................

according to her picture in the article, I recommend Gorilla Glue - that crack won't open enough to even pee from.....

Scooter,

I would bet the word is "breeders". Seems like she is one of those single mothers with no ties to a "daddy" or the children would have possibly gone to him/them rather than the state. Or maybe it is just more incomplete reporting

she didn't die

1.READ article

2. think

3.post

why does a one simple word out of many upset you so?..........issues perhaps?............

Mighty mouse you should thank the doctor who actually saved the little girls life. But fyi, reading is fundamental. You should try it, you'll be pleasantly surprise at how much it helps.

The child came out of the coma and has been awarded to the state

As much money as the gov doles out on welfare, they should take a percentage of that money and hire case workers to actually monitor these people to see if they actually meet conditions to receive such hand outs. I'll bet that a percentage of people would automatically fall off the welfare system, if there was actually someone keeping tabs on the existing conditions as well as implement better ones.

That is a great suggestion punisher. I might actually vote for you.

Damnit punisher. And after we had that long argument last week, you come through with a post that makes me like you now. Damn.

Punisher , There are case workers, unfortunately a good many of them have been laid off and more are put on ferlows (sp.). My GF works with the County Welfare and Child Protective Services. I hear about this kind of thing from her almost every night !! It's much worse than most people think !! Why not take a few tens of millions of dollars from these fools running for the presidency and put that money where it'l do some good for the people of this country instead of wasting it on cheap talk and poll taking !!

As far as how long she should be in prison ...just long enough to dig a hole and put 1 round in the chamber !Bang..done !

99 yeas for her!!! and 30 for Sanduski???? where in this world is this fair? just in America.

If there is (was) a God he wouldn't have allowed this to happen in the first place!! Please get a grip lady. Prayers are just empty words that float on air, don't hold your breath waiting for "devine" intervention.

Lisa-Lisa- Let the "Lord" deal with her? The loving God that you speak of? You are claiming that he will "get her back" for her sins? Make up your mind. That is left for the devil to do, not your God. We all know the Devil and evil is real.

I just finished (hopefully) potty training

my GF is still working on it and haveing a tough time of it......but at least i dont go outside as often.

yeah and good thing the house has no corners inside too..... heh heh

Tramp, good luck on not going outside. That is my preferred location.

"Haveing???" Seriously? Unless you're six there is no excuse for not knowing to drop the "e" in an "ing" word. They need to start removing children from the homes of people who can't learn past second grade work. Yes, it DOES matter.

WOW! F Walsh, judge others much? Do you ever make a mistake? Do you ever give anyone the benefit of the doubt -- maybe it was a typing error? How's the weather up there on that high horse?

She probably works for the Taliban...kidding.

You don't treat children like this for any reason period. It is not justifiable on one square inch of this planets surface for any reason whether it is in Pakistan, America, etc..any person capable of this kind of behavior should be removed from the gene pool.

I think the difference lies in a large amount of people over there being for the killing of the little girl, whereas over here, we want her attacker locked away for life and sewn up. We have our monster's too, but as a whole, we care about our children (and women for that matter).

well this skank is ONE sure fire case for wearing a veil................

i thin ya mean "fit " there steve.....kinda early to be drinkin aint it? or am i just running late?.......

IA.ScooterTramp

Actually, I think Steve meant the punishment should be the crime. Super gluing "Moms" hands to the wall and beating her practically to death sounds good to me.

Just let's make sure she DOESN'T get medical attention...

Oh one more thing... it's an outside wall near a grabage dump. Let the rats have what the buzzards don't want.

LOL-Scooter, you are on a roll today!

Oh one more thing... it's an outside wall near a grabage dump. Let the rats have what the buzzards don't want.

works for me XD just hope the rats and buzzards don't catch whatever diseases this skank carries....poor critters.........

thanks 52.

been trying all day, bout done though

52junebug... Scooter is ALWAYS on a roll.

I really try xd, without humor this site and the whole gloom and doom news industry would drive people mad.

An eye for an eye only results in a world full of blind people. Who delivers justice to the person who delivered justice to the criminal because you now have two people who have commited a crime? Freakin' pandora and that stupid box.

Scooter XD said

Scooter is ALWAYS on a roll.

That should have read "always rolled one in the 60s - but never inhaled"! LOL

Afternoon Scooter

Ia.Scootertramp. Stop sitting out there and lauding over everyone who posts. You are starting to look like a troll, also you are not as intelligent as you would like people to believe! For instance: "What is the square-root of -1?

speedy recovery to this child, life in prison for her and mandatory sterilization for all women found guily of child abuse,, stop the system, stop perpetuating it , stop the cycle of dysfunction, stop the addictipon, stop the abuse,, tougher on criminals,

Or maybe if your Mom beat the crap out of you when you erred you could see yourself being imprinted to repeat the same?

40 years ago people did not get locked up for administering corporal punishment, and lots of "accidents" were shoved under the rug by medical staff.

What does her tattoo and piercing have to do with anything?

kristi

, as for her piercing i would say she had too many holes in her head as it were,wouldnt you? as for her tat, i think people find its location upsetting. but not to be hypocritical mind ya, i too have a tat in a strange locality, ya see its a 11 inch lightning bolt and....opps forgot.... my GF said i ain't suppose to tell people............

ROFLMAO

Scooter, perhaps the bolt of lightning is what causes the glow....

Why would you have an 11" lightning bolt pointed at your anus? JK

Bookem' Danno You made me snort with that one!

I want to be your new best friend! I think I made this point in response to somebody else. It is amazing to me that people can prove themselves to be so stupid, yet people still continue to argue for their "human rights." I am against abortion, so I prefer just to sterilize those who shouldn't have kids. I am fairly unpopular in other liberal groups.

I would submit that she grew up in a loving home as her own mother is going to testify AGAINST her.

I will further submit that any scars you see come from being a gang bitch and NOT a "hot-headed Latino family".

you hit it xd.....you may have a cookie.................

What? Wait for another 50 years? Why we can fix it now, it's called a lobotomy.

As XD stated, the mother of this lady is a class act for testifying against her daughter. That has to be hard. I have seen many parents of all colors "stand by their kids no matter what," and many will lie to cover up stuff like this. I have nothing but respect for this mother. It is entirely possible that this mother tried her best to raise this girl right, and things still went bad. Don't just write off all Latinos as child abusers just because this trash is Latina. Don't make excuses for her. Even if she had been abused, she chose to act like she was jumping her two year old into a gang. She had to have known that was inappropriate. Screw her. I hope she gets beaten daily in prison.

Well said. Prison doesn't teach people what to do. I think this girl needs supports and extensive training. Yes she should be severely punished, but never seeing the light of day again is a little over the top. At some point the sentence is so long I don't think it does any more good.

I was also sickened by this story. I can only wonder what she has done to her other children. I find it hard to believe that this is the first time she has abused any of her children.

Well you're almost right but I would shove a shotgun up her backside then pull the trigger and send her to HELL where she belongs.

I know all you bleeding heart libereals excess punishment, but this is what needs to be done, don't say "life without parole" because that is BS, a Governer can parole anyone. And they do. So again send her to HELL.......

I hear what both of you are saying but on the other hand that would be quick and I kind of like the idea of her suffering for the next 40 plus years.

Proud liberal here J. Paris. I too would like to do away with this woman. She is the poster child for why birth control should be forced on stupid people.

For stepane, stupid people like dumocraps maybe? I wonder who she would vote for? any bets? Their really proud of liberalism in greece, spain, france, europe too. See how well forward thinking works !

Steve you know nothing about international finances and clearly nothing of our own in the US. Under a conservative president, Bush, we experienced almost a complete financial meltdown and many of those European countries had conservative leaders recently and it is under those leaders that the economic downward spiral began. Before you get political about a horrible case of child abuse, inform yourself on recent global/financial events.

This woman is a pinche puta. And I'm being nice! Classic example of the reasons prospective parents should be required to go through the same rigorous process those who want to adopt go through. That and require a license to be a parent. Not only did this little baby go through the trauma of the beating, this puta put her other children through the trauma of having to watch. No child should endure either. Bless this little baby's heart. I hope she never, ever remembers what her puta of a mother did to her.