Sentencing expected for mother who attempted to murder her autistic daughter

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1. Narad October 7, 2014 at 08:27 #

   Speaking of which, Dorothy Spourdalakis has another court appearance coming up today.

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   • lilady October 7, 2014 at 11:38 #

     Let us know, if there are any significant changes in the status of this murdering mother and/or the caretaker, who, the last time we had a status report, were scheduled to stand trial for the premeditated murder of young Alex.

     Thanks Narad.

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     • Narad October 8, 2014 at 03:08 #

       Let us know, if there are any significant changes in the status of this murdering mother and/or the caretaker

       Next court appearance is on November 19. I’m not hauling my ass over to 26th & California on public transit (although it beats the other jury-duty assignment locations) to view the case file.
2. lilady October 7, 2014 at 11:34 #

   I’d like for the sentencing of Kelli Stapleton to be over and done with, so that her “case” does not become another in a long list of martyrs who just couldn’t handle her autistic child.

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3. lilady October 8, 2014 at 12:45 #

   I checked out internet news outlets and the sentencing of Kelli Stapleton will not take place until Wednesday, at the earliest. The sentencing judge allowed Kelli’s ex-husband and a forensic psychiatrist to testify (for the defense), yesterday.

   Since Kelli’s arrest, her friends took over her blog and were fundraising for $20,000 for an expert witness. They raised $50,000 and I believe the expert witness is that psychiatrist, who, according to news outlets, claimed Kelli was insane at the time of the crime and is still insane.

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4. Shannon Rosa October 8, 2014 at 23:16 #

   Kelli was sentenced to 10 – 22 years today. Much less than she deserved, but apparently that is a significant sentence for her plea bargain-reduced charge of child abuse: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/106a1b928f7043268b93738676507eba/sentencing-mom-who-tried-kill-autistic-girl

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   • Sullivan (Matt Carey) October 8, 2014 at 23:37 #

     I appreciate hearing this. It’s about in line what I thought would happen. First degree child abuse has an open ended term–no minimum and a maximum of life. Second degree has a maximum of 10 years. I was expecting on the order of 10 years.

     Apparently the insanity argument failed. I don’t know her, of course, but the idea of “my kid drove me insane so I thought I’d kill her and ‘take her to heaven’ ” did not sit well with me.

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