An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
A “Fair Ending”??????
Murdering children seems to be ok in California. Well, it’s NOT ok with me!
Plea deal in death of infant found in trash can
A Montana woman whose newborn son was found dead in a trash bin near the University of Southern California campus in 2005 pleaded no contest to child endangerment Tuesday after four attempts to charge her with murder were dismissed.
Holly Ashcraft, 23, entered the plea in Superior Court to the charge and a special allegation that the endangerment resulted in death.
Under a plea agreement, she will be sentenced June 27 to time already served – about 30 days of jail time and about 695 days of electronic monitoring. She also will be placed on five years’ probation, said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
Judge Kathleen Kennedy warned Ashcraft she could face up to 10 years in prison if she violates probation.
It was “a fair ending to a tragic situation,” said her attorney, Mark Geragos.
He has GOT to be kidding! Fair? Not even close!
A homeless man said he found the dead baby on Oct. 10, 2005, in a cardboard box in a trash bin behind a restaurant-bar that was a popular hangout for students at USC, where Ashcraft was studying architecture.
DNA testing showed the child was Ashcraft’s. A coroner’s investigation determined the infant was born alive and died from prematurity and other, unspecified factors.
Ever heard of 911? It’s when you dial those 3 numbers, and someone comes to help. If she had bothered to actually call for help, perhaps the child would have lived, or perhaps not. The fact that she couldn’t be bothered with the health and well being of her own child speaks volumes.
In April 2004, Ashcraft went to a Los Angeles hospital because she was bleeding, and doctors determined she had given birth. She said she had given birth to a stillborn child but no body was found and she was not arrested.
First she dumps the baby in the garbage, then she lies about it? “Fair ending?” Fair to whom? I can’t even begin to express my disgust for the courts in California.
