[CBFF] A real-life wicked stepmother

[mom2iancal]

It would have for me too!!!  This woman is a pathetic waste of space and 
should be punished in the same way she abused those children!!!!   OMG!!! 
The cruelty and inhumane behavior of some so-called adults, never ceases to 
amaze, dismay, sicken and sadden me!!!!

Teri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Madsen" <jerrywm at gmail.com>
To: <post at chicagobearsfanforum.com>
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [CBFF] A real-life wicked stepmother


> Sorry.  Shouldn't have sent that to the list.  Just got under my skin.
>
> Jerry
>
> On 9/15/06, Jerry Madsen <jerrywm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Jail?  Why is she even being allowed to breathe?
>>
>> Jerry
>> South Bend, IN
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Judge: 'You should never have been a mother'
>>
>> GRAFTON, West Virginia (AP) -- A woman who forced her stepchildren to
>> gorge themselves on food and drink, then eat their own vomit has been
>> sentenced to two to six years in prison.
>>
>> Venus Critchfield, 35, of Philippi, West Virginia, was also accused of
>> beating the children's feet with boards, and using ropes and hooks to
>> force them to stand for long periods, said Taylor County Prosecutor
>> John Bord.
>>
>> Circuit Judge Alan D. Moats called the abuse one of the worst cases
>> he's seen in 30 years.
>>
>> "You are like the proverbial wicked stepmother of fairy tales," he
>> said. "You should never have been a mother; you are the antithesis of
>> everything that is a mother."
>>
>> The abuse began around 1997 and was "chronic, repeated and
>> escalating," the prosecutor said.
>>
>> It involved all six of Critchfield's children and stepchildren over
>> time, Bord said, but only some of the children were willing to testify
>> against her.
>>
>> Critchfield was sentenced to the maximum possible term Wednesday after
>> pleading guilty to two counts of felony child neglect with injury. The
>> charges stemmed from abuse that occurred between January 2001 and
>> February 2002.
>>
>> Today, the victims range from 11 to 16 years old.
>>
>> State child-welfare officials had removed the children from
>> Critchfield's care in the past, Bord said.
>>
>> Their father, Jennings Brian Critchfield, is serving a three- to
>> 15-year prison sentence for abuse.
>>
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