oh I do hope she gets mugged somewhere, or placed in a dryer herself. she deserves it
StevenHodson
· 11 months ago
well chances are that when she ends up in jail and in general population she will wish that maybe she had gotten the death penalty. Inmates have a very low tolerance to baby killers.
ontarioemperor
· 11 months ago
I read something in the comments of a People You'll See in Hell post that indicates that Smith has spent at least some time in isolation. If so, then this could very well have been for her own protection.
StevenHodson
· 11 months ago
she's gonna need a lot of protection in jail or she may not see a court date
genieyclo
· 11 months ago
I wonder too, and if so, this deserves. Good G-d, what was this person thinking? And the excuse is just monstrous-I was watching TV.
ontarioemperor
· 11 months ago
I read this Andre Jenkins' story on my phone, sent out a couple of messages, then just sat there in shock for a couple of minutes. I'm printing out this story for my wife and daughter now. Unbelievable.
ontarioemperor
· 11 months ago
Steven, I did some additional research on this story, and it turns out that Arielle Smith can't get the death penalty. Although she was additionally charged with first degree murder when arrested after Andre Jenkins died on September 11, 2008, by September 12 the charge had been reduced to second degree murder, which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
If this Yahoo Answer response is reliable (and it sounds legit, although I'm not a lawyer), a first degree murder charge in Louisiana requires premeditation, while a spur-of-the-moment decision would carry a second degree murder charge (unless some other circumstance is present).
While the inability to administer the death penalty could cause an outcry, what if Smith were brought to trial on a 1st degree murder charge and the jury, not finding enough evidence of premeditation, let her go free?
StevenHodson
· 11 months ago
I would predict that her time in jail isn't going to be an easy .. maybe that is some consolation .. not much but some
ontarioemperor
· 11 months ago
Now I'm wondering what happened to the woman who drowned her kids a few years back.
(Off-topic comment - this is my first use of Disqus from within Google Chrome. Seems to work nicely.)
Kat
· 11 months ago
Don't say 'i hope she gets put in a dryer'. You just read an article on a BABY being put in there and saying its wrong, its no different for a human. What this woman did was incredibly wrong, but the death penalty is too. She'll get what she deserves, years in jail, without her baby son for the rest of her life. Thats pain enough.
Father of 3
· 11 months ago
Every hear of "An eye for an eye"? With this economy, I think it's better to kill the baby killer, rather than spend millions keeping her alive. Killing a human who killed a baby is very different from killing a baby. The baby was a victim who could not defend it's self and and had no control over the situation. The human was a teen who was to busy watching the TV to deal with the crying kid that she was babysitting. Can you imagian the horror of paying for a babysitter, going on a date with your husband/boyfriend/friend, and then coming home to find out that the person you paid to protect your child decided to kill it because they didn't feel like dealing with him? Before you start saying what's right and what's wrong, try putting your self in the shoes of that kid's parents.
BillV
· 11 months ago
Hate to, but I have to agree with you. Our justice system is too flawed, our species too motivated by greed and emotion to make that kind of decision. Life behind bars? Fine. Hope she rots. Two wrongs make a right? Nope.
Also, when you said "human"..I hope you weren't saying babies are a different species??? LOL
BillV
· 11 months ago
Oh, and before "Father of 3" says anything, I have seven, thanks. And that's my point. If someone were to kill one of my children, my emotions would cause me to desire that person dead. I'd want to do it myself. Too many times, it's been discovered long after the execution that all the hate and indeed the sentence was directed at an unjustly accused person.
We're not logical enough as a species for that responsibility.
ontarioemperor
· 11 months ago
Bill, obviously this case raises issues that go well beyond the scope of this post. Some will be convinced of the correctness of the death penalty based upon the pain suffered by a victim or by relatives of the victim. By the same token, some will be convinced of the injustice of the death penalty based upon wrongful convictions, as you note.
ontarioemperor
· 11 months ago
Kat, just a minor correction - that was someone else's baby, not her own, that she killed. Not that it makes the crime any better or any worse, since a life was still lost.
norbie
· 11 months ago
hang the scum
holden boy
· 11 months ago
I remember maoris doing it to thier own child in New Zealand. This is in courts and she must have read it in papers. The name of the maori child is Nia Glassie
The tumble dryer that Nia Glassie was allegedly placed in reached 65C when turned on high, the High Court at Rotorua has heard. Electrician Malcolm Lofroth
jim
· 11 months ago
I've read over 20 articles about this one and yet there is no mugshot. Can anybody explain this?
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Mike Abundo
· 11 months ago
Death by dryer doesn't scale to teenagers. What's the best way to make Arielle feel what her victim felt?
joan
· 11 months ago
Her punishment? PUT HER IN THE DRYER !
lexi
· 11 months ago
i wish they would stick her in the dryer to see how it feels.i hope that she gets what she deserves
lindsay
· 11 months ago
kill that bitch
Fs
· 11 months ago
Right. It's perfectly normal for someone to get mad at a baby for interrupting their television time, only to make the moral decision to put the baby in a dryer.
Or wait, no. No it isn't. Normal people don't put babies in driers and turn them on. Stupid people forget babies in cars, or don't think about the fact that their car is sweltering when they return from an hour of shopping, etc. Wait and watch. If they determine there's no mental problem with this girl and therefore she's just a stupidly sh!tty person, go for the slams.
And screw all you people and your high-and-mighty over a single dead baby. How many of you go trumpeting about over the thousands of babies/children dying in other countries due to much more deterable reasons? Mm? And that's ok. Reply however you like. Give whatever reasoning you like. It'll absolve yourself from my finger pointing. You'll all still sleep tonight.
This world is screwwww~ed!
chad
· 11 months ago
This is terrible... The fact that someone would do such thing states that they are completely insane.
Ryo
· 11 months ago
I don't know what's worse, this case or the call for a death sentence.
Fallon J.
· 10 months ago
This girl should not get off so easily by being put to death b/c she then gets off easy....she should be put into the the worst prison that this country has to offer. I hope she suffers just like that baby did. Trading someone elses baby's life, or any baby's, for a stupid TV show. I'm outraged!
rachel
· 9 months ago
she should definately get the death penalty how could you put an innocent child through that?... people like that dont have a right to live Im so furious..
eric schultz
· 8 months ago
what the fuck? i think she probably should have gone on to "dontshakeababy.com",or "dontputyour@#$%inatoaster.com".
NoOneSpecial
· 6 months ago
That's like the baby being put in a gas chamber, only worse. If this murderer gets the death penalty, they should think about using the gas-chamber method (after she gets abused in prison). Then she might know a fraction of what she put that baby through. Poor child.
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If this Yahoo Answer response is reliable (and it sounds legit, although I'm not a lawyer), a first degree murder charge in Louisiana requires premeditation, while a spur-of-the-moment decision would carry a second degree murder charge (unless some other circumstance is present).
While the inability to administer the death penalty could cause an outcry, what if Smith were brought to trial on a 1st degree murder charge and the jury, not finding enough evidence of premeditation, let her go free?
(Off-topic comment - this is my first use of Disqus from within Google Chrome. Seems to work nicely.)
You just read an article on a BABY being put in there and saying its wrong, its no different for a human.
What this woman did was incredibly wrong, but the death penalty is too.
She'll get what she deserves, years in jail, without her baby son for the rest of her life.
Thats pain enough.
Also, when you said "human"..I hope you weren't saying babies are a different species??? LOL
We're not logical enough as a species for that responsibility.
The tumble dryer that Nia Glassie was allegedly placed in reached 65C when turned on high, the High Court at Rotorua has heard. Electrician Malcolm Lofroth
More importantly, pictures of Andre Jenkins can be found here.
Or wait, no. No it isn't. Normal people don't put babies in driers and turn them on. Stupid people forget babies in cars, or don't think about the fact that their car is sweltering when they return from an hour of shopping, etc.
Wait and watch. If they determine there's no mental problem with this girl and therefore she's just a stupidly sh!tty person, go for the slams.
And screw all you people and your high-and-mighty over a single dead baby.
How many of you go trumpeting about over the thousands of babies/children dying in other countries due to much more deterable reasons? Mm? And that's ok. Reply however you like. Give whatever reasoning you like. It'll absolve yourself from my finger pointing. You'll all still sleep tonight.
This world is screwwww~ed!
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