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I believe the slayer rule applies in a civil case as well? When will we see a wrongful death case brought against HM by Sheila's family?
Breastfeeding while she's consuming alcohol, cigarettes, and caffeine??? And not the love of a selfish mother who viciously murdered her own mother for her money and sees the baby as a pawn!!!"Her newborn baby badly needs a mother's love and breastfeeding," the verdict said.
When asked how she felt after the verdict, Mack said in a statement provided by her Chicago-based attorney: "Dear God, I know you don't hear from me quite often, and I sometimes have acted like a jerk, but please have mercy on my soul and that of my daughter Stella, as I miss my mother and father so very much. Amen."
Presiding Judge Made Suweda described Schaefer's deeds as sadistic, but said his politeness and expression of remorse during the trial meant he did not receive a heavier sentence.
They have a week to decide whether to appeal the verdict.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-bali-heather-mack-sentenced-20150421-story.html
BBM
Why not? Has anyone even reported this situation to the Illinois CPS?
http://www.illinois.gov/dcfs/safekids/reporting/Pages/index.aspx
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=1460&ChapterID=32
Then again I guess as long as Stella's basic needs are being met and there is no obvious physical abuse or neglect they really can't do anything. So frustrating. :gaah:
This child has 2 coldblooded murderers for parents and the child deserves better than being raised in jail and then by whoever HM can find to raise her for the 8 years after Stella turns 2 and is no longer eligible to live in prison with HM.
@ajaylee - Stella is never going to benefit from any of the money - in fact, it puts her at risk from people who are interested in the $$, not her welfare.
@Fifth Avenue - Afwul conditions for little one to grow up.
@gitana1 - Seriously. She appears deranged or intellectually challenged in the vidoes of her. I don;t see how that woman is being allowed to care for a helpless infant. I would not be surprised if she smothered the baby or beat it to death in a rage when the baby can't stop crying.
This woman is spoiled and filled with uncontrollable rage that caused her to be locked up for mental health issues and to batter her mother. She is obviously not in control of herself. How on earth can she be expected to safely care for a tiny baby and care for her needs? How is she going to be able to deal with the things all babies do like non-stop crying, teething, not sleeping, toilet training (which for some reason seems to drive so many evil people to murder), getting ill, not wanting to eat, biting the breast, spitting out food, saying "no", demanding to be held or not put down or a toy or the phone HM is holding or whatever? How on earth can this creature address baby Stella's needs without killing her? Seriously!
Has anyone from Sheila's family commented about the sentences? Their next steps?
I love the fact that he freaked out and started threatening the crowd. Showed his true nature.
Maybe Heather will do the same at some point and her sentence will be lengthened.
Heather Mack gets TEN years for sadistic murder of her mother http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...end-lashes-s-handed-maximum-18-bars-Bali.html @MailOnline
The way the reporters call them by name and ask how they're feeling is treating them like celebrities. Just look at Heather against the star-painted wall in the holding cell, she poses with the baby. Her prop!!!uke:uke:uke:It's like they've garnered some weird form of celebrity status. They make me sick. They're all "poor me, woe is me" then it's "look at me, look at me, look at me some more".
I hope Bali prison isn't comfortable for either of them.
Attorneys involved in the trust case said they are awaiting clarification of the actual charge Mack was convicted of under Indonesian criminal code.
One legal expert not involved in the case said Illinois courts have not considered the issue of whether a conviction for being an accomplice or accessory to a murder would trigger the statute.
"If the conviction is for anything less than first- or second-degree murder there is going to be a major legal battle here," said Northbrook attorney Mary Vanek, who has argued for the enforcement of the slayer statute in Cook County probate court. "But I think the trustee can make a good argument that Heather is not entitled to inherit if she was in any way involved in the murder, because the intent of the law is to prohibit wrongdoers from reaping the benefit of their wrongdoing."
"In care" means in the custody of the state, by the state. It can be foster care in a relatives home and that counts but parents that make voluntary legal alternative provisions for their children are not consdered "in care" nor do use of goverment benefits constitute "in care".
The way the reporters call them by name and ask how they're feeling is treating them like celebrities. Just look at Heather against the star-painted wall in the holding cell, she poses with the baby. Her prop!!!uke:uke:uke:
Thanks for your help in clarifying that. i don't know all of the nuances of that. What about if Kia had the baby and applied for "kinship care" (kinda like foster care but with a relative of the child)? Is that considered some sort of foster care? And what kind of paperwork would someone need to raise Stella when she is released from jail? Just temporary guardianship or something?