[mrb020377]

i read this in the paper this morning..... It is very tragic that this had to happen to this young child.. I just thought i would share


Woman sentenced to death for starving child
FORT WORTH, Texas — An Arlington woman was sentenced to death Wednesday for the starvation death of a 9-year-old boy who prosecutors say weighed 35 pounds when he died.

A jury took less than an hour Monday to convict Lisa Ann Coleman, 30, of capital murder for her role in the 2004 death of Davontae Williams, her girlfriend's son.

"The fact that a female has gotten the death penalty for killing a child, it's a step forward for bringing child abuse out of the darkness of people's homes and into the light of day," prosecutor Mitch Poe said in a report on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Web site on Wednesday.

Prosecutors have said Coleman, who shared an apartment with the boy's mother, beat, bound, neglected and starved Williams.

Coleman's attorney Fred Cummings argued that Coleman had not meant to starve Williams and had given him nutrition drinks.

To sentence Coleman to death, the jury had to determine that she would be a future danger to society. The jury also sentenced Coleman to 99 years in prison on a charge of injury to a child.

The boy's mother, 25-year-old Marcella Williams, awaits a separate capital murder trial.

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[Liv28]

Its a sad world we live in when another child has to die before something is done!

[Monty_girl]

There was a similar case like this not to long ago in Tenn. It was a 15 year old boy who had been chained to a bed and feed only soup. A family member of the boy's parents had turned them in. The boy weighed somewhere in the 50's. He was taken to the hospital and recovered.

My question has always been how long has this boy suffered like this?? Is a sick world!

Lisa

[desirae]

Ooooh, so horrible. I am one for the death penalty in these situations, it had to have been obvious that the poor child was starving because starvation is a long and agonizing process. They'll both be paying for this and they should. I consider hurting, killing, torturing, raping, and molesting the worst crime anybody can commit. It's truly disgusting, and I can't even understand it......a person must have no conscience and heart in order to do such a thing.

[mrb020377]

what I dont understand and I guess I never have or never will, is how a mother can allow someone to to this to her child!!!!! How?????

makes me have knots in my stomach

[Sabrina]

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He was taken to the hospital and recovered.

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Physically only, I would think. You are right when you say "how long has this boy suffered like this??". My only hope is that he won't have to suffer the rest of his life because of this!

[Valis]

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Its a sad world we live in when another child has to die before something is done!

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Agreed.

This person needs more than a life sentence...maybe a dose of her own medicine.

But thats just the "anger" talking.

[radio_flyer]

sooooooooo sad... i don't understand how an adult could do that to a child....... if they didn't want the child or didn't have money for food, there are so many other options available to her than starving and beating a child to death.........

Both women involved in the death of this little child should be starved and beaten to death......I would want them to feel the pain and suffering they inflicted on this lil boy.....