I read this last week but hesitated to share. There's a photo that triggered my 'sixth sense' if you will. I decided to look into the woman who gave me bad vibes from her stare and grin in the photo. I get a sense of sociopathy from every picture I see her in (I'm not saying she is, I don't know her obviously). Which made me look into what she was actually incarcerated for; it was for the abuse, neglect, and eventual murder of her 4 yr old child, which she admitted to after some time. From what I can find, she was made pregnant at the young age of 14 or 15 by an older boy (age never mentioned, not sure if he was 18+). When her mother found out she beat her stomach with a board (!!?!) but she went on to have the child. She wasn't accepted as a young unwed mother, and this seems to be the spark for her treatment of the baby. So she can be seen as a victim herself, but it really feels like she isn't sorry about it at all based on the things she says? I mean, she served her sentence and I think she should live her life peacefully but I don't exactly want to elevate the voice and status of a toddler-killer to some sort of advocate for women in general who are sent to jail. That said, the book in question probably has nothing to do with her so I reckon it will still be a worthwhile read. I was thinking to read it before sharing here
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I read this last week but hesitated to share. There's a photo that triggered my 'sixth sense' if you will. I decided to look into the woman who gave me bad vibes from her stare and grin in the photo. I get a sense of sociopathy from every picture I see her in (I'm not saying she is, I don't know her obviously). Which made me look into what she was actually incarcerated for; it was for the abuse, neglect, and eventual murder of her 4 yr old child, which she admitted to after some time. From what I can find, she was made pregnant at the young age of 14 or 15 by an older boy (age never mentioned, not sure if he was 18+). When her mother found out she beat her stomach with a board (!!?!) but she went on to have the child. She wasn't accepted as a young unwed mother, and this seems to be the spark for her treatment of the baby. So she can be seen as a victim herself, but it really feels like she isn't sorry about it at all based on the things she says? I mean, she served her sentence and I think she should live her life peacefully but I don't exactly want to elevate the voice and status of a toddler-killer to some sort of advocate for women in general who are sent to jail. That said, the book in question probably has nothing to do with her so I reckon it will still be a worthwhile read. I was thinking to read it before sharing here