KELSO, Wash. -- A former Longview woman who blew marijuana smoke into her 13-year-old son's face for his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder pleaded guilty this week to charges of drug delivery and child domestic violence. Under an agreement with Cowlitz County prosecutors, 37-year-old Diane Susanne Etchison, who now lives in Pendleton, was sentenced to a year in prison Tuesday. She told police last year she provided marijuana to the boy because the family had run out of his prescription medication. Police were called by Child Protective Services workers. -- The Associated Press http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-n...ced_for_blowing_pot_smoke_into_sons_face.html
What do you think would be appropriate? I'm actually fine with it. It's an adult's responsibility to care for a child, feelings on pot aside, that's not what she was doing.
Spending $40k+ to house her in prison just seems kinda excessive in this case. She needs counseling and parenting classes, I just don't see how incarceration helps in this situation.
"Spending $40k to house her in prison"... That's a bigger problem than blowing smoke in her son's face.
Over and over I see insane sentences handed out by the evil legal system. Most cases aren't the bigtime stuff that dominates the media. Most are uninteresting little events that you or I could have easily erred into. A simple police interview is usually enough of a deterrent. No need for a trial, much less the insane sentence. If you hate human nature and freedom, there's a high-paying government job waiting for you in the legal system.
I agree. She may have been wrong, but there was no intent to harm her son. This is one the gov needs to commute.
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...you're a fool! Actually, Marie Myung-Ok Lee is an award-winning novelist and essayist. She teaches at Brown University.
Whoooooooooooooooweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! You sure get your panties in a bunch over a little humor. You must be a lot of fun to be around.
Never know exactly what one year actually turns into. Some get house arrest, others get some kind of work release program, some qualify for early release programs and then there is always the day for day credit at an in-patient treatment program. Unfortunately I know about these things . . .
Now that practically every crime has a maximum sentence over a year, every crime is a felony, even when the sentence is below that maximum, like if you plea bargain to 30 days. Let's review how any conviction is a lifetime sentence. Every felon will basically remain jobless the rest of his or her life, since nowadays you can't hide your arrest record. That's why most of the homeless are felons. Shelters in many cities will only take in non-felons. So most people living on the street are felons. If you survive that by living with friends, when you're old, senior residences won't take felons. Oh well, they are few in number, right? You'd be shocked. In Michigan, almost half of all adult males are felons. In other states, it's amazingly high too.
