I hate you, humanity

[sigma7]

...One day we as a species will be extinct, and it's people like this that make me glad.

A Naples mother who had her 13-year-old daughter’s head shaved and private area pierced to prevent her from continuing to have sex was acquitted of child abuse charges Thursday.

A five-man, one-woman Collier Circuit Court jury deliberated roughly three hours before deciding the 39-year-old mother was not guilty of aggravated child abuse or child abuse, finding her actions didn’t involve punishment, malicious intent or cause permanent damage or disfigurement.

This also serves as a very compelling argument for people with frontal lobes actually reporting for jury duty.

Comments

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, piercings are not illegal with parental consent [not that this will necessarily stop said daughter from sex]...and are often done consentingly.

And shaving of the head? A hat, a wig, and hotsytotsy teenager is good to go again.

I will say the mother was a little archaic and a lot stupid in her methods, but no, it probably doesn't qualify as abuse.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

You see, here's the thing: I don't think you can make the case that the piercing was (a) consensual (b) anything but punitive. In this case, it's a de facto form of genital mutilation, and the piercer Meredith (apparently the first reference of "Meredith" got edited out in the story, it's a little confusing here) rightfully got busted for it but cut a deal to testify against Mommy Dearest; in these circumstances, you could make a pretty convincing assault case.

The cutting of the rose is an abomination and a human rights violation wherever it occurs, and I'm sickened by the fact that it seems to have migrated to American shores now.

[paradisacorbasi.livejournal.com]

But the article you linked..it said the girl's brother convinced her to accept the piercing to gain the trust from their mother.

That is enough to make a case for consent right there.

But honestly, the mother needs to not get her kids back if she did do this to get even with her daughter for sleeping with her man and then NOT GETTING RID OF THE MAN.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

But the article you linked..it said the girl's brother convinced her to accept the piercing to gain the trust from their mother.

I missed that graf. I think my brain'd crashed by then. My bad.

And yes, they've got a very interesting view of family values. These kids are best kept as far away from this woman as possible. Someone needs to be shot to Mars.