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Foster mom sentenced in death of 4-year-old
Foster mom sentenced in death of 4-year-old
By Laurel J. Sweet http://www.bostonherald.com/news/reg...icleid=1049060 A foster mom from hell was whacked with twice the prison time the state recommends for an involuntary manslaughter conviction, but never heard the harshest words spoken for allowing 4-year-old Dontel Jeffers to be brutally beaten to death in her care. In a handwritten letter submitted to Suffolk Superior Court Judge Margaret Hinkle, Wendy Claiborne, an aunt of Dontel, told Department of Social Services foster mom Corinne Stephen, “I hate you for taking my nephew’s life. I hate you (for) not being a woman and reaching out for help.” Stephen, the 26-year-old mother of a 5-year-old son, faced her punishment stoically in a gray pant suit, dark-rimmed glasses and hair pulled back in a bun. An Army brat and former National Guardsman, Stephen declined Hinkle’s invitation to explain herself to Dontel’s family. After his father, Elary Jeffers, was deported to the Caribbean island of Nevis in 2005, Dontel was in Stephen’s care only 10 days when someone choked and beat him to death over a period of 48 hours. But rather than get him to a doctor, Stephen fed Dontel what Deakin called “a massive overdose of codeine to suppress his symptoms.” Stephen was indicted for murder, but not persuaded she was the killer, a jury last month found her guilty of the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter, for which state guidelines recommend a prison sentence of three to five years. Assistant Suffolk District Attorney David Deakin told Hinkle, who banished Stephen to MCI-Framingham for 8 to 12 years, that Stephen’s seeming lack of remorse or acceptance of responsibility was worthy of 18 to 20 years. “She lied to medical providers, she lied to police, she lied to DSS investigators,” Deakin said. “Society put its trust in (Stephen) to care for (Jeffers), look after him and keep him safe.” Stephen’s defense attorney, John Palmer, said, “There is absolutely nothing in Corinne’s background that would suggest she was capable of this crime. It’s absolutely inexplicable.” Palmer argued futilely to have Stephen placed under house arrest, saying, “Do we have to incarcerate my client to protect society? No. Hasn’t this case destroyed enough lives already?” In his own heartbreaking letter to Hinkle, despondent dad Elary Jeffers wrote, “Dontel turned my life around. He gave me purpose in life and made me a better man. My life now is empty. I would gladly suffer all the pain he suffered only to have him back.” CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WIRETAPPING PROGRAMS.... CPS Does not protect children... It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even killed at the hands of Child Protective Services. every parent should read this .pdf from connecticut dcf watch... http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US These numbers come from The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN) Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS *Perpetrators of Maltreatment* Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59 Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13 Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241 Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12 Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5 Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per 100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a bunch of social workers. CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON... BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION... |
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