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Published May. 23, 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- A mother was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday for keeping her 17-year-old adopted son caged in her home.
Brenda Sullivan, accused of caging her 17-year-old son, pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated child abuse.
Brenda Sullivan pleaded guilty in January to three counts of aggravated child abuse. Prosecutors agreed to drop lesser child neglect charges.
The teen weighed 49 pounds when child welfare workers found him in 2005 in what appeared to be a cage. Sullivan told a judge at the time that Ohio authorities told her to keep the boy, who had severe medical and emotional problems, in a crib.
"There's only one conclusion when you look at the medical evidence in this case, and that is that she literally starved him," prosecutor Julie Schlax said.
Two other children, 13-year-old twins the Sullivans adopted as infants, both testified they were kept in similar cages.
Sullivan's husband was also arrested, but died in January 2007 while awaiting trial.
Sullivan's lawyer, Charles Fletcher, said he didn't think prison was the right option because she does not pose a threat to society. He said they would appeal the sentence.
"he didn't think prison was the right option because she does not pose a threat to society." DO WHAT??????? Who could defend this POS?? You know, I see this carp everyday in my job so you'd think I would become desensitized to it. I'm not. WHY???!!! Why on Earth would you do this to a child????
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May 23, 2008 10:47 a.m.
May 23, 2008 10:42 a.m.
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I was watching the news this mornin about that MONSTER that killed her adopted son here in Smithfield....... her other adopted kids and step daughter are spilling the beans....
I call her a MONSTER...... God will have his way with her.
She made that youngin eat his own feces.
My heart goes out to ALL the abused children
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