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Dad gets 25 years for microwaving baby

msnbc.msn.com — A jury on Wednesday sentenced a young father to 25 years in prison for severely burning his infant daughter when he put her in a microwave and turned it on for up to 20 seconds.

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  • Crackerpat, on 03/27/2008, -5/+202Holy *****... WTF was he thinking? They ought to put him in a microwave and hit the "Baked Potato" button.
    • doc125, on 03/27/2008, -49/+29Ye, I mean everyone knows you only microwave babies for 10 seconds.
      • inigomntoya, on 03/27/2008, -16/+8You FAIL
      • angusmancan, on 03/27/2008, -5/+15Everyone also knows you're a douche
      • Mootabolife, on 03/27/2008, -1/+11"She will always for the rest of her life be reminded just by looking in a mirror," Vandiver said.

        ***** that dude, this is sick.
      • cvh™, on 03/27/2008, -6/+2he played too much StarFox 64 - Lylat Wars ...
        http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5702/babiesnp7. ...
      • knobtwiddler, on 03/27/2008, -6/+2he was probably on some SRI drugs or ***** of anti-depressants and anti-psychotics...
        he needed to "continue his psychiatric treatment" yesssss
        when are we gona stop feeding people these drugs that make u go on psychotic rampages? how many people have to die?
        • dildoolielly, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2Can you read? He was studying to be a Christians Preacher. So his psychosis involved "magical thinking". No drugs or medication have been found that I am aware of.

          Maybe Bible-God told him to "burn" Satan out of his baby.
    • yoshitomi, on 03/27/2008, -36/+12microwave? I thought you put babies in a blender
    • dildoolielly, on 03/27/2008, -22/+15He was a Christian Nutbar.

      "Mauldin had just moved to Galveston, about 50 miles southeast of Houston, from Warren, Ark., to become a preacher."

      Is anyone suprised? Show of hands?
    • FoghornLeghorn, on 03/27/2008, -36/+9What's red, bubbly, and scratches at the window before exploding?
      A baby in a microwave.

      Too soon?
      • dickybrown, on 03/27/2008, -3/+8yes, too soon
        a 2 month old wouldn't even scratch - they're completely helpless
        this is really disgusting - I can't even think about it anymore
      • Vlatro, on 03/27/2008, -3/+4Yeah man, 10 year rule is in effect.
      • pieinthesky, on 03/27/2008, -2/+5WTF is wrong with you?
      • JustSit, on 03/27/2008, -3/+4Deeply unfunny, and attention-seeking in the worst possible way. Silence is the best policy for you.
      • styx31989, on 03/27/2008, -2/+3There will always be a time and place for comedy, but....
        *****....
        this is just sickening.
      • forgiste, on 03/27/2008, -3/+2Sometimes dead baby jokes can be kinda funny, but that's not even close. And I'm not just saying that because I'm disgusted.
    • xlar54, on 03/27/2008, -28/+8What a moron. Everyone knows you put babies in a conventional oven. Microwaves make them gamey and tough.
    • pikon, on 03/27/2008, -3/+24I think the "eye for an eye" brand of justice would be appropriate here. As a father of a 17-month-old, I can't even begin to fathom WTF went on in this guy's head.
      • davidg11, on 03/27/2008, -2/+12I agree. My first born just turned 3 yrs. This reminds me of the story I read on Digg about the guy who used a taser on his 2 yr old to "toughen him up". WTF people. WTF? Can we just put these nuts into a large room complete with tasers and commercial sized microwaves and guns and say, "Have at it dumbasses"?
      • mentari, on 03/27/2008, -1/+4Some people are evil. The best thing to do with someone who does something as heinous as this is execution. I would be quite happy to hang him. I would put the rope around his neck and slowly pull him off the ground and watch him suffocate.
        • webdeshel, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2I totally agree, and perhaps clobber him with a baseball bat while he's up there too.
        • Tetraca, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Or maybe we should just hang, draw, and quarter him. That will teach him.
        • Sinnic, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Your /sarc tag is missing.

          Either that or you're quite the sick ***** yourself, freak.
      • fuze44, on 03/27/2008, -1/+7Re: Eye for an eye.
        If what they say about the treatment of child molestors in prison is true, this guy will hopefully get what's coming to him.
        • Raziel66, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2Yeah, he'll be lucky to survive his prison sentence. Don't know why someone digged you down though.
      • EmperorAwesome, on 03/27/2008, -4/+1"That turkey you bought will be done soon, hon."
        "What turkey?"
    • jspegele, on 03/27/2008, -3/+20Screw that. I hope he gets ass raped every day for the next 25 years.
      • Viti, on 03/27/2008, -8/+4Damn, that's crucial. But I agree. :P
        • haydesigner, on 03/27/2008, -2/+5crucial? Did you mean cruel? If so, you are so, so wrong.
          I think appropriate was the word you were looking for.
          • Viti, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1Well, I actually meant... "Damn it would suck to get ass raped every day for 25 years."
            But I wouldn't disagree with it, it would just suck if it was me. ;x (which is why I don't microwave babies)
      • dildoolielly, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2Some of you idiots sound as violent and psychotic as the Preacher father that commited this horrible act

        Seek help
    • DangerMouse9, on 03/27/2008, -11/+4I guess he shouldn't have improvised when he was trying to make some Babyback ribs.
    • Shouden, on 03/27/2008, -16/+3Pics or it didn't happen. I need something to fap to tonight.
    • putergirl, on 03/27/2008, -1/+8I agree, build a bigger microwave.
    • malex, on 03/27/2008, -2/+4Well, mental illness is obviously a strong possibility. What he did is beyond horrible, and he's going to need to be institutionalized in one form or another for the rest of his life, but with all the "kill him, rape him, torture him" comments posted here, it really is important to ask if he was truly responsible for what happened. Being sick is not always the same as being evil, and getting revenge on the sick is not justifiable.

      ... Or he could just be faking it. In which case, hey, he has Hell to look forward to.
  • americangoy, on 03/27/2008, -3/+121Uhhh...

    some of the stupidity and evil in the world is really too much even for cynical old me
    • volanin, on 03/27/2008, -22/+4A little offtopic, but honest question: How do you add line breaks in your DIGG comments?

      I tried ENTER,

      I tried \n,

      I tried [br]...

      none seem to work.
      • itsthebrod, on 03/27/2008, -0/+18Seriously? You just hit enter in your text box, and you appeared to do it just fine...
        • volanin, on 03/27/2008, -2/+7Strange... never worked before... ok, nevermind!
          Thank you anyway! =)
      • takamalak, on 03/27/2008, -15/+4It's pretty weird. Digg uses a marking language called DGTML and a handy list of tags can be found here: www.internetisseriousbusiness.com
        • weeeezzll, on 03/27/2008, -3/+9WARNING WARNING!! DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!!!! DANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!
          • TobiasParker, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1awesome, thank you for the warning and made me lulz.
      • StuTheMeatMan, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2More than a LITTLE off-topic.
    • Roland1232, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5Seriously man. I mean WTF do you say to that?
      • Vlatro, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3Sometimes all you can say is "WTF".
        Indeed, WTF.
    • JettaMan, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3They're called psychopaths. About 1% of the population is born without any empathy. It's basically a form of brain damage where they are biologically incapable of empathy. To them, you and other living things are no more important than a chair or some other inanimate object.
      • ZxEfR, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4And about one percent of those make up the vast majority of the ruling elite.
        • JettaMan, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1No doubt some of them are. You can tell a psychopath because he is unflappable, even when caught red handed. They also go for instant gratification, such as promiscuity and cheating on their spouse. Usually they are very charming. A lot of people think psychopaths are scary screaming creatures but Bill Clinton better describes how a psychopath behaves.
    • j3ffr0, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3It's a miracle the child is still alive! PTL!
      • Roland1232, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Yeah, but she's probably suffered some serious scarring, or worse. I imagine some permanent reduction in quality of life. God, has someone called him a ***** yet? *****...
    • Verz, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1Pics or it didn't happen!
  • asskicker32, on 03/27/2008, -21/+123that man should get the death penalty. Thats inexcusable.
    • Lanketer, on 03/27/2008, -38/+13No one deserves death, fool.
      • helf, on 03/27/2008, -6/+4You risk damnation if you call someone a fool, tard. ^_^

        no, seriously, it destroys and credit your rebuttal might have to people if you call names like that.
      • inigomntoya, on 03/27/2008, -6/+3Even those who have clearly not only stopped contributing to society, but have also shown that they are actually taking away life, liberty and happiness of others?
      • Drekken79, on 03/27/2008, -9/+4^^ you should have a kid, let the kid spend the night with a child rapist... have him rape your child, kill your child and THEN please come back and let us know how your opinion on "no one deserves death" stands up.
        • DangerMouse9, on 03/27/2008, -3/+2Ah yes, because when we act on emotion we are always justified in our actions.
          • fuze44, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2No, because then the issues would be real to him.
      • Conwaysb0718, on 03/27/2008, -3/+12I am of the opinion there are a lot of people out there who deserve death.
        • DangerMouse9, on 03/27/2008, -3/+1Well I'm sure ***** glad you're not the one that's able to carry out sentencing.
          • inigomntoya, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2I wish he were the one. there would be a lot less crime!
      • slvrbullet87, on 03/27/2008, -5/+2Did Hitler deserve death... I rest my case
        • mickstephenson, on 03/27/2008, -4/+5No, he was just ambitious and misunderstood.
        • TobiasParker, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2*Godwin's law*
        • DangerMouse9, on 03/27/2008, -4/+2If Hitler deserved death for what people did in his name, then Jesus deserved to die a thousand times over for how many people have killed in his name.
          • snolan1990, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1although what you said is flawed in the fact that it only stands up if Hitler and Jesus could be compared it shows how many people deny that Christianity and religion in general has caused an awful lot of death
        • Cockslap, on 03/27/2008, -1/+0Jesus was a name in a book. Hitler was issuing orders in person, stamp of approval and all. There are many people who should be executed, but our judicial system is *****. Sure it costs more to execute someone then to keep them in prison for life in the *current system* but that's the systems failing. If someone has a pile of evidence against him (like video footage and DNA evidence) then he should get the death penalty (assuming its a capital crime) with a single appeal to be done within 6 months and then should be put to death via beheading from a machine. Seriously, no 15 appeals for some of these blatantly guilty *****. Seriously, there's ZERO reason to keep a mass murderer alive. NONE.
          • DangerMouse9, on 03/27/2008, -1/+0While Jesus may have been a name in a book, people still killed in his name. If someone kills in the name of Jesus it's fine, but if you killed in the name of Frodo Baggins it's not okay...


            As the rest of your retort:
            So basically, you're saying we should kill the unwanted? That, it's not okay for a person to act as an individual and kill something s/he doesn't want, but as a state/federal body it's perfectly fine?

            Do you ever stop and think about the repercussions of having such a thing enacted that was truly impartial? Do you know how many people would be killed? If any of these people on here actually had their way and all their sick, violent perversions were actually made into law how quickly they'd be crying when they'd end up subjected to the receiving end of whatever heinous acts they were calling for?

            I didn't think you did.
          • Cockslap, on 03/27/2008, -1/+0That's ***** silly, were on two different subjects. All the individuals responsible for Hitlers "ultimate solution" are all equally responsible, but if I read a book and I kill in the name of the book (even though i may have misunderstood the meaning for whatever reason), now all of a sudden Dr. ***** Seuss needs to die!? I'm talking about executing people guilty (beyond appeal) of whatever violent crime landed them in prison (multiple rape, pre-med murder, etc). I'm not even saying that microwave man deserves the death penalty. The unwanted? If you mean murdering ***** bags then YES, execute every last ***** one of them. People who get life without parole are never going back into society and cant be trusted with the current system of reform. What? We should take his word that hes never going to rape another woman and that the last 4 were behind him and hes really ***** sorry he killed the last bitch because she wouldn't shut the ***** up while he sodomized her?!?!?!!? Why the ***** should we continue to support them in prison since they are dead to society. Lets spend a million ***** dollars on a 3 time killer who's going to be in prison for the next 50 years when we could get this over with quick and easy.... eat *****.
      • linagee, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1not even the baby he potentially could have killed?
      • hevnsnt, on 03/27/2008, -3/+3Actually I think giving the Dad the death penalty would only hurt the little girl.. Can you imagine the guilt that she would eventually feel -- not only was she scarred for life, now she lost a parent because of it.
        • fuze44, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1What a handicapped world we would live in if all justice was bypassed because of the mistaken beliefs that might occur in another.
        • BCModder1, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1@hevnsnt
          oh yea I'm sure it would hurt the girl, lets give her back to her psychopathic father someday.... you know the one who microwaved her. I don't say this often enough but god I hate bleeding heart ***** liberals. I'm all for peace and what not but bleeding heart liberals imho are ***** morons, like in canada they came up with the gun law cause using it to take away the guns from people with legit purposes to owning them is going to make all the bad guys guns disappear to. [/rant]

          that said he should get the ***** death penalty.
      • RobotCitizen, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1No one deserves death? That's pure baseless opinion. I happen to think a hell of a lot of psychopaths deserve death, a great many more than are actually getting it.
    • i4ybrid, on 03/27/2008, -18/+25Read the damn article, the guy has had mental illness. Everyone around him including himself was responsible for letting him take care of a baby girl.
      It is sort of unfair to give him 25 years for being insane at the time. The digg headline is misleading and is written that way to stir your emotions.
      In the article it says he's had a mental illness since he was young.
      • dante2010xxx, on 03/27/2008, -17/+14O boy fukin wooo.. Mental illness is just an excuse to get off light. He needs to be gassed so this ***** doesn't happen again.
        • DangerMouse9, on 03/27/2008, -2/+6You need to be beat to death with a dictionary so you'll be able to spell.
        • edwartica, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2They should also gas those who left him in charge. Come on, would a sane person do this? No!
        • Sinnic, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Is 2010 the year you graduate high school? Get an education, some critical thinking skills and a broader perspective than the one you're currently entertaining, boy.
      • staticneuron, on 03/27/2008, -10/+6The sheer fact that he gets this sentence doesn't surprise me that this comes from texas. Texas is incredible unforgiving of people with mental illness and seems many on digg do as well. The baby was not killed yet they are all proclaiming he should die for this. Makes me wonder about our society at times. I wonder if there would be a point in time where the masses chose to kill the mentally ill instead of treat them.
      • nihilite, on 03/27/2008, -1/+19Just because youre mentally insane doesnt mean you arent dangerous. What rehabilitation is really possible for a person who puts their own child in a microwave?

        You'd shoot a rabid dog; how is that different?
        • Waterrat, on 03/27/2008, -3/+3 Your right,it's no different.
          This sort of "person" deserves to be castrated and never allowed to contribute to the gene pool,or allowed near children,ever.
          There is no excuse for this, none whatsoever.
          Anyone who punches a helpless baby,puts her in the fridge and microwave cause he was not happy about his marriage deserves to be even unhappier behind bars.
          Good riddance to the scumbag.
          This is the sort of trash who should have been weeded out and castrated at puberty.
        • DangerMouse9, on 03/27/2008, -3/+0If stupidity and ignorance were water, digg would make Waterworld look like a drop in a bucket compared to the Pacific Ocean.
      • BOFH2, on 03/27/2008, -1/+19According to his criminal record he has used that excuse to get out of trouble quite a few times.
      • sponeil, on 03/27/2008, -2/+34"Just before putting her in the microwave, Mauldin had punched the baby and put her in the hotel-room safe and refrigerator. They also said Mauldin had a history of violence and of lying about being mentally ill to get out of trouble."

        Then he went on to lie about the burns at the hospital. Sorry, but I'm with the lynchers here. People with a history of extreme violence like this do not need to be "cured". They need to be put down.
        • Waterrat, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3 And who in their right mind would even have sex with such a pathetic looser,much less marry them?
          • giid, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2Britney Spears?
          • DangerMouse9, on 03/27/2008, -3/+0That explains why you're single as well, and if you're not.... well then there is the answer to your question.
          • adrianmonk, on 03/28/2008, -0/+0Someone with very poor self-esteem. Someone who realizes on some level how bad he is but also believes they can't get or don't deserve anyone better.
        • staticneuron, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1I am sorry I don't know where you got that info from. I only got this from the article above.

          "Michael Fuller, a psychiatrist who examined Mauldin, earlier testified he could not conclude Mauldin was insane at the time of the crime. However, Fuller on Tuesday said Mauldin was not violent and would benefit from receiving treatment outside of prison."

          If he has done those things then he needs to be locked up with the key thrown away.
      • asskicker32, on 03/27/2008, -1/+11Im not being tough on mentally ill people, he has a history of this... LIke I said, I dont think there is any excuse... for PUTTING A BABY IN THE MICROWAVE AND TRYING TO COOK IT.
        • Chakat, on 03/27/2008, -1/+5Is prison the right place for him though? I'd think someone like him would probably be better suited to live in an asylum/group home sort of environment. Monitored at all times, but at the same time, able to contribute to society in a safe manner.
          • RobotCitizen, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2Contribute WHAT? The only thing I want him to contribute is his absence from the biosphere.
        • designerutah, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1A coffin is the RIGHT place for him.
      • jspegele, on 03/27/2008, -2/+10Poor guy. Let's coddle him, put him on prozac and throw him back out in the world the make more babies.
        • Waterrat, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2 I just hope the girl can lead a normal life.
          Maybe when he gets out of prison,she will hunt him down and beat the ***** out of him for what he did to her.
        • DangerMouse9, on 03/27/2008, -4/+0Awwww, the guy angered some people. We should beat him to death with rusty nails on a board, and stop after every 10 swings so we can pour salt all over him, and then we can nail his feet into a boiling pot of oil and throw scalding hot water on him to wake him up if he passes out from the pain. We'll get the best doctors we can to keep him alive, because 2 weeks of torture is nothing compared to what he did.


          ***** moron.
          • jspegele, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Wow, you really took that to the extreme. Now we know where the prozac really should be going.
        • staticneuron, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1No one says he has to be let back into the world but you can put him in an institution isted of regular prison. Chances are he is going to cross someone and end up dying in prison.
      • Vlatro, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5Bottom line, no one but the defendant could testify to his insanity, not even the doctor. There is a difference between the medical and legal definition of Insanity. To be legally insane he must be unaware of wrong doing, or incapable of stopping his own actions. The fact that he lied about how she was burnt is a testament to his awareness of his actions. If indeed he could not stop it, wouldn't he feel obligated to tell the truth so his daughter could be adiquately treated, and surrender himself for treatment out of fear that he might react like that again? He didn't do that. He knew what he did was wrong and lied to avoid taking responsibility. Does he need treatment, YES, of course he does. But he had an opportunity to seek it and instead acted in a way that would ensure further opportunities to do harm. His needs are now irrelevant. The court must first be concerned with whether or not he is a continued threat to the people around him. If he is treated and relapses, his actions show he will try to cover it up again. You can elect to trust a known liar, or error in favor of the well-being of a child.
        • JustSit, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1100% co-sign. The lucidity involved in repeatedly lying to conceal what he had done directly contradicts his later claim that he was insane, i.e. unable to understand the nature and effects of his acitons. His history of lying about mental illness (presumably his claims were disproved?) to excuse crimes further suggests a pattern of behaviour that is not consistent with insanity - by a legal or medical definition. "Mental illness" is a very large category, and to assume that anyone who fits into it should automatically be excused punishment for their actions is not only naive, but also deeply unfair to those who are truly unable control or understand their actions.

          Moreover, the idea that the commission of an incredibly heinous crime is in and of itself evidence of mentally illness is dangerous, and not supported by either science or history. Men like Ted Bundy and Richard Kuklinsky, despite their undoubted depravity, were judged by experts to be sane, though they had severe personality disorders.

          None of us heard all the evidence in this case, but those such as staticneuron above who presume the verdict or likely sentence to be unfair simply because it occurs in Texas are being hypocritically judgmental.
      • loki77, on 03/27/2008, -3/+2Did you read the article? His defense attorney said he had suffered from mental illness since 10. Here's a hint: Its his defense attorney. Thats his job, to defend this nutjob and get him off as light as possible. Later in the article they mention that they was examined and they didn't see any proof that he was insane when this happened, and then they mention that he has a history of violence and using the 'I was insane' thing as an excuse.

        Read the whole article. While I don't think death is the right punishment for this guy (really, prison time is going to be hell for him- criminals don't like people who hurt babies, especially sick freaks like this), he definitely deserves to be punished. I think life would have been better. I don't know how you can rehabilitate someone who, even for a split second, thinks behavior like this is justifiable in any way.
      • icexe, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3Did YOU read the whole article?
        "They also said Mauldin had a history of violence and of lying about being mentally ill to get out of trouble."
    • blakeage, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3Was attempted murder, no?
    • asskicker32, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Tough situation, but a child is helpless. "Being in a loveless relationship and taking it out on his child" is no excuse... I have a daughter and Ive cared for children. The child is damaged for life. Then again, Im a hardass...
    • okaroleo, on 03/27/2008, -1/+6Dont worry, the hombres will give him hell. They dont like anyone who intentionally hurts a baby. I can't blame em...
    • BESTenemy, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1We have lethal injection and an electric chair. It's time we introduce more radical methods such as microwaving convicts. The settings will be determined based on the cruelty of the crime. The judge can determine the number of minutes and the jury can pick the temperature. The punishment is ideal, as it does not have to be lethal. For cases such as this one, would be enough to microwave the guy's testicles. I bet that would cure his self-proclaimed insanity in an instance.
      • phybere, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Eh. You're straight from Guantanamo, aren't you?
    • Narcowski, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3As horrible as this guy's actions were, I don't think he deserves the death penalty (I dont believe in the Death Penalty anyways). Give him something harsher (and cheaper) like life in solitary confinement without parole or visitations.
      • designerutah, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2Harsher AND cheaper? Harsher, why? Are you a sadist? Death Penalty is NOT to punish. It's to eliminate the threat, and act as a deterrent. Making somone's life miserable by sentencing to them to life without parole turns the State into a Sadist. Execution is more about protecting citizens from an unredeemable threat.

        And in terms of expense, it's MORE expensive to keep a prisoner alive during the long wait for execution due to the extraordinary difficulty there is in getting an execution completed. This is primarily due to bleeding hearts (like yourself?) that don't think Death Penalty should EVER be used. I know the arguments.

        1. Death Penalty LOWERS the state to criminal level morally.
        2. Can you EVER be SURE?
        3. Killing is wrong, period.

        And I;ll take them in order.
        1. Death Penalty would lower the state to a criminal level IF we were executing criminals as punishment. But then again, may anti-Death Penalty people argue that prison is more harsh, and more punishment. Which, if you think about it, makes the state into a sadist. This is NOT punishment to change their behavior. Years have shown that prison rarely reforms. And even more rarely reforms psychopaths. So if reform isn't the goal, then just exacting punishment must be, right? So it's better for the state to become a sadist? Of course, if you execute not to punish, but to prevent a re-occurance, and do it instead of life without parole as a way to be MERCIFUL, then I say it's a better solution.

        2. Surety. No, you can't always be sure. And yes, if we don't execute them, we could give them back their lives if there was a mistake. But, that's not how we convict. We require "beyond a reasonable doubt" and with today's forensic evidence, the room where doubt is exercise is getting smaller. And we give them chance for appeal. Five years of appeals, etc. AFTER conviction should be maximum.

        3. Killing is wrong, period. This comes from the crowd that says life is sacred. But this is self-serving idea at best, and crap at worst. People who say this don't have a problem killing germs, bugs, insects, plants, or even animals if it suits them. But they get all morally superior when it comes to executing a criminal. If you wear leather, have ever had any medical or dental work done, use insulin, have taken birth control, or pregnancy test, etc. you are on the same moral level as a meat eater, and you have killed. So at best, the idea behing "life is sacred" is selective. Some blame God for this idea, but God has been one of the leading causes of death for thousands of years, so this isn't really a good distinction. If you're Christian, you can't argue that execution is wrong. The Bible lists several very specific ways people should die for certain crimes.
        • MaxD, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1I like how in point (2) you dismiss the fact that YOU ARE KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE with a simple wave of the hand and a claim that we're getting better at not killing quite so many of them. I would be all for the death penalty if you could promise me we wouldn't kill innocent people, but we do. we will and therefore I can't support it.
        • Narcowski, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1(1) The guy ***** microwaved a baby. You're saying I'm a bleeding-heart type for not wanting him to get off easy?
          (2) As MaxD notes, you're quite quick to dismiss the possibility of killing innocents. Was not our legal system founded on the principal that it is "better to let 10 guilty men go than place one innocent in prison."?
          (3) Killing *is* wrong period, but not because all life is sacred. Killing is wrong because the act of murder, state-enforced or not, is detrimental to society as a whole. I'm not a Christian, so your Bible argument is irrelevant. Indeed, there is no "divine will", so any attempt to connect murder, morality and a "higher power" is moot. The first half of this point is also napplicable to me, as I am a vegan. Once again, however it is not for any belief on the "sanctity" of life.
      • jt18, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1life in prison is expensive. guards, food, space, utilities and facilities for the rest of his lifetime... they don't get a lot in prison but its not cheap.
        • Narcowski, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Expensive, yes, but far cheaper than the death penalty.
    • maasox74, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2The death penalty should be eradicated from civilised countries. He should get a lifetime sentence without possibility of release.
  • Accolade1, on 03/27/2008, -14/+68Electric chair anyone?
    • Harabeck, on 03/27/2008, -4/+29Not close enough. We need to make him a giant microwave and put him to death inside of that. The punishment should fit the crime.
      • DangerMouse9, on 03/27/2008, -6/+0How the ***** does that fit the crime? If you love ***** like that so much, move your ass to the Middle East or anywhere that has no such thing as cruel and unusual punishment. Just don't come crying when the shoe is on the other foot.
      • Frnnkdlxx, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1Have the guards stick a bag of popcorn inside his mouth, stomach, or ass, (whichevers more convenient),and please send the popcorn to this address:

        666 Lol blvd
        Hollywood, ca
        90666
      • Sinnic, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1I missed the part of the article where the child died. Could you point it out?

        Maybe we should just inflict "second- and third-degree burns to his left ear, cheek, hand and shoulder"?
        That would, actually, fit the crime as described in the article.
    • inigomntoya, on 03/27/2008, -7/+9Nah - I agree with Crackerpat - he should get the Microwave!
      Anytime you harm a kid, you get done to you what you did to them. Kicked a kid across the room resulting in severe brain injury? Guess what?! You get the Paul Bunyan boot to the face!
      • DangerMouse9, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1If that's the way things were, you could get laid twice.
        • inigomntoya, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Yeah - if you consider being on the receiving end of a giant redwood "getting laid" - then yes. You can get laid twice. Shall we sign you up?
    • xXIrsotehkewlXx, on 03/27/2008, -3/+7Electric chair on a low enough voltage that would hurt terribly but not kill him. So he can hurt forever, occasionally let him out to be raped by 3 or 4 guys.
    • blakeage, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1Just a half dose of the e-chair would suffice, but that seems sadistic as well....
    • thelimopit, on 03/27/2008, -2/+5Thanks for the offer, but I'd rather not.
      • inigomntoya, on 03/29/2008, -0/+1Accolade1 always has been such a gracious host, eh?
  • Lanketer, on 03/27/2008, -2/+43What would posses somone to do that?
    • sumdog, on 03/27/2008, -3/+10I've always wondered about this. What causes serial killers to do what they do. Someone I graduated with, Phillip Badouski, killed both of his parents with a shotgun and cut up their bodies with a chainsaw. He was mentally ill; the judge and defense attorney though he may have been schizophrenic. But to be put in a mental institution for life, he would have had to go through a trial and he didn't want to put his family though that.

      Some of these people are mentally ill. Some have done way too many drugs. Some are just evil, have knowledge of right and wrong and chose to do what's evil and wrong anyway.

      What about interrogators who torture US held prisoners? ..the ones who put people on boxes while dousing them with freezing water, putting them in stress positions where they are chained to the floor and forced to listen to 150+ db music for 10 hours at a time and have to ***** and defecate where they are chained? Are these people evil? They are following orders..sorta...

      What are we capable of if given a black check to do so? What will we do if authority makes us? What about the Stanley Milgram studies? How much say do we truly have over our own actions.

      One final though. If the people in the Stanley Milgram experiment had actually been administering electric shock and killed the people on the other side of that wall...who would be held responsible? Who should be?
      • IpodCrazy, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Wasn't the Philip Badouski part in hixson, tn? I remember that happening a few years ago.
      • Darkhacker, on 03/27/2008, -2/+11I happen to suffer from severe depression and most of my teen years (I'm currently 18) were me thinking about suicide, but, I had the occasional moment where I was homicidal. It feels so weird to say that. I'm on medication now and I'm like a totally different person. Wellbutrin has clearly saved my life. It's a miracle drug for me and I'm in complete amazement at how such a medication can change my personality and thoughts so radically. Prozac (which I tried for a few days early on in my treatment) ***** me up bad! It had the opposite effect of Wellbutrin and made me 100x worse. If you could see me on Prozac and compare that to me on Wellbutrin you'd be amazed at how such drugs can change a person.

        It's so hard to describe my reasoning though because it's not something that can be rationally explained when I'm of a sane mind. I remember trying to rationalize murder by thinking that they deserve it for hurting me and wanting them to feel as bad as I did. I was also seeking attention. It wasn't the kind of attention where I just wanted people to just look at me; I didn't act up in class or anything like that. It was the kind of attention where I wanted people to think about the effect I had. Everyone else was doing amazing things like joining sports team, going to prom, and getting praise from their friends. Acting up in class would get attention but it wouldn't get the reaction I was looking for. I wanted people to know that I had an *effect* on the world. That was the key. Killing someone changes their life and their family/friends' lives forever. Acting up in class would be forgotten in five minutes.

        I felt so alone. This is going to sound really backwards, but I also thought that if I killed someone I would get their sympathy (as opposed to anger). People knew I was depressed but they didn't do anything about it. It took my parents years before they finally got me on medication. If they hadn't, I probably would have either killed myself to end the suffering or killed someone else by now. Killing another would let them know how serious I was about the pain I was feeling. People knew I was depressed, but I don't think they knew how bad the pain was.

        I'm doing excellent now. I'm going to college, have a few friends, and I even had a short relationship. It only lasted about a month, but I had never even kissed someone before because I was so depressed. I'm happy that I at least had the experience of being intimate with someone, even if it didn't last (better to have love and lost, than to have never loved at all).

        I can't remember much else about what I was thinking. I'm sure there were other lines of reasoning I used to justify murder. I just can't think of them right now because the thought process that would lead me to such crazy thinking is no longer there.
        • TobiasParker, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3Scientologists say that your problems are caused by Thetans and the Psychiatrist who gave you the drugs should be "fair gamed"...so i hope you have some support for Anonymous.
          • Darkhacker, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1As an Atheist, I oppose all religion.

            I realize a lot of people make jokes about getting on drugs for every little thing and others will claim that big-pharma is out to get my money. Are drugs over prescribed for some things? Yes. Are people abusing drugs and have their been questionable tactics by big-pharma? Yes. However, there are a lot of drugs out there that have truly saved lives. Even today I meet people who tell me about how "big bad pharma is out to get ya" and that I need to get off my meds. ***** 'em! They have no idea how absolutely horribly depressed I was. No idea what it's like to think about suicide 24/7 and then to be put on a medication and go from that to almost completely normal and being able to enjoy life, have friends, go to school, and be successful.
          • Tetraca, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Scientology is not a religion. It's a construct made so a science fiction writer could distribute his pseudo-science Dianetics without paying taxes.
        • ohshutup, on 03/29/2008, -0/+0good for you :)
    • KaiUno, on 03/27/2008, -10/+1What possessed the baby that he might do such a thing. Another valid quetion.
      • pieinthesky, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3Sometimes it's not appropriate to try to be funny. This is one of those times.
    • TheUngod, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3Well...I'm kind of interested to know what would happen if you put a person in a microwave. I mean, I'd never do it...but I am a little curious.
      • pieinthesky, on 03/27/2008, -3/+3Put yourself in a microwave then.
        • DangerMouse9, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1wow, your reading comprehension skills astound me.
      • Acglaphotis, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1I guess burning immediately and if they survive maybe they'll get cancer from radiation.
      • Tetraca, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Take a good piece of bloody, fat covered meat and microwave it. That will give you the answer.
    • Cockslap, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Hunger?
    • AngryAngryBrian, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3There was no warning label on the microwave telling him not to, He should being down a lawsuit against the dastardly company that manufactures these dangerous devices.

      Also my name is Kid.

      Also for the people who don't get it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78EfzGPvIz4
    • sarixe, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2THE DEVIL!!1
    • Frnnkdlxx, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1The spelling monster....
  • ChrisF79, on 03/27/2008, -10/+103Only 25 years? This highlights the flaws in our legal system.
    • surKaz, on 03/27/2008, -2/+7I'd say he'd be dead by then... but I don't want to be an ass....
      *Whispers "he will be dead by then"*..
    • inigomntoya, on 03/27/2008, -4/+6And that is what he was sentenced to... You know he will be out in 5 years. TOPS!
    • BinaryFragger, on 03/27/2008, -2/+50And he'll probably be out in what, 9 or 10 years?
      Maybe he would have received a life sentence if he downloaded MP3s and movies after microwaving her.
    • Harabeck, on 03/27/2008, -2/+19Child abusers are absolutely hated by other inmates in prison. Hopefully he wont last that long.
      • RobotCitizen, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Yes, but isn't it sad that we have to rely on our prison population for determining the proper punishment for this crime?
    • oscarolim, on 03/27/2008, -7/+3Lol. If that was in Portugal, not only he would be free, but also there would be a battalion of people saying that it was the baby's fault because of some weird reason.
      Compared to ours, that legal system is very good.
      • Acglaphotis, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Do you even know Portugal's legal system or do you just go around spewing *****? [from wikipedia]:

        Portugal is a developed country, and although having one of the lowest GDP per capita of Western European countries, it has a high Human Development Index and is among the world's 20 highest rated countries in terms of *quality of life*

        Please read this ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_legal_syst ... ) instead of degrading other countries, and making you look like an ass.
    • DangerMouse9, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4There is so much more wrong and flawed with our legal system than this.
    • blackjack75, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3I guess they're thinking of the daughter. When she gets to 25, and he gets out, she'll be old enough to afford a large oven.
    • phybere, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2This comment probably won't be popular, but here goes.

      25 years is a long time for something that happened in 20 seconds, I don't condone what he did but the people yelling about the death penalty and life in prison are letting their emotions run wild. Anyone under the age of 25 doesn't even comprehend what 25 years is, I can't even imagine rotting in jail for 25 years to contemplate a crime like this.

      That said there are times the death penalty/life in prison should be used, but they should be used because of the crime, not because of the age of the victim or who the victim was.
  • jp3550, on 03/27/2008, -8/+33That's it?....
    • DangerMouse9, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2Were you expecting him to ***** on her face after that and say "Ta-da!" as he took a little bow and a sign dropped down saying "The Aristocrats"
    • DesertDude, on 03/30/2008, -0/+1There is a possibility will be macro-raped in prison, so it's not a bad sentence.
  • vcudigg, on 03/27/2008, -12/+22This is why some states have the death penalty!
    • radsprack, on 03/27/2008, -1/+4Texas is one of those states...
    • TheSpook, on 03/27/2008, -2/+4I'm not aware of any state that would allow the death penalty for his crimes.
      • slvrbullet87, on 03/27/2008, -1/+7Attempting to kill a baby?
        I can think of 50 that should
      • bethehammer, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2Attempting to kill is not the same as killing, remember
    • JRBobDobbs, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1FTA: "GALVESTON, Texas - A jury on Wednesday sentenced a young father....." If he was going to get the death penalty anywhere it would be Texas. I seem to remember that they'll hang you for jaywalking.

      Or it might have been if you're black. One of the two.
    • raidfibre, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Yes, the crime was horrendous but that doesn't make the death penalty correct.
    • blackjack75, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Some kids got death penalty for shooting people. Even if it's murder I think it's much worse to do what this guy did. I mean an 18 old kid raised in the streets can shoot someone and still be 'fixable' with a good education and some help.
  • badqat, on 03/27/2008, -6/+21Yep, this is definitely a time where the punishment should be the same as the crime...
    • phybere, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1I don't agree, I would rather be microwaved for 20 seconds than spend 25 years in prison.

      Even if the wounds take a year to heal, at least I'd be free the next 24 years.
  • Antwan718, on 03/27/2008, -25/+30KILL THAT ***** BASTARD HE DONT DESERVE TO BE ALIVE.
    • Procure, on 03/27/2008, -6/+19*doesn't

      Digg me down! :-/
    • tucsonsun13, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Your anger is both understood and warranted, to say the least. Everyone shares your thoughts. But an exclamation in ALL CAPS!~!!! isn't the way to do it. Keep it lower case, pithy. I'm as ***** as you are.
  • Septimus, on 03/27/2008, -10/+79I hope he is raped. A lot. Daily. With any object.
    • inigomntoya, on 03/27/2008, -5/+13or EVERY object...
    • tortfeasor, on 03/27/2008, -8/+2I hoped he is raped IN A MICROWAVE BY MAGIC RETRIBUTION PONIES (the ponies' magic protects them from the radiation and they very much enjoy the raping of evil persons).
    • hadak, on 03/27/2008, -2/+8Sodomized with a pineapple?
    • SpookyPig, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1With that leather thing from se7en
  • tortfeasor, on 03/27/2008, -4/+25He looks like a guy that would nuke a baby.
    http://a.abcnews.com/images/TheLaw/ap_mauldin_0803 ...
    • lhughey, on 03/27/2008, -0/+10The picture of the balif (sp) behind him is priceless. He looks like "I can't wait to get take him to his cell and whoop his ass".
    • carrtoonist, on 03/27/2008, -1/+0If you are a phrenologist perhaps.
    • kallenihr, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1Creepy!
    • bethehammer, on 03/27/2008, -1/+6yeah, he's gonna get raped alot
      • Frnnkdlxx, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Bubba's got a baby sized penis to deliver to the rectum of psychopath number 3.
  • sladek, on 03/27/2008, -32/+6I found a pic. http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/58/9 ...
  • Zorkblat, on 03/27/2008, -40/+525 years?

    He didn't even get to taste her...
    • inigomntoya, on 03/27/2008, -9/+2As offensive and insensitive as your comment is, i was actually curious to know what would happen to a living object if it were to be microwaved... It is just sad that it happened to a human child.
    • JoWiGo, on 03/27/2008, -1/+4I laughed a little bit inside. Yes it is a horrible situation. I guess I'm a bad person.
    • PATSCRU, on 03/28/2008, -1/+1Hooooot Pockets!
  • itsthebrod, on 03/27/2008, -4/+35I'm just glad the jury rejected the old "I was insane!" excuse. It seems all it takes to get out of murder these days is claiming "temporary insanity" and suddenly this shroud of taboo is placed over you...
    • lamiaconfitor, on 03/27/2008, -2/+4actually, from a legal standpoint, no one ever really has an opportunity to claim insanity. most cases end up like this.
    • Ayrapetov, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5Well he was insane at the time of the crime huh? Ok well he should have been insane enough to harm himself, not ruin the rest of another human being's life.
      • Waterrat, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4 had he been really smart,he would have said microwaving babies was part of his religion and nothing would have happened to him.
        It worked for the fundies who prayed for their daughter who died of diabeties.
  • slsashrk, on 03/27/2008, -5/+24Welcome to Costco, I love you...

    This is just more proof that the gene pool needs another dose of chlorine.
    • SwedishNinja, on 03/27/2008, -7/+7Hey do you wanna stop at Starbucks?

      Naw I don't have time for a handjob.
    • KennMac, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Go away! ... Baitin'
  • DSM1Love, on 03/27/2008, -1/+16After the 25 years he spends in jail he should spend the rest of his life in a mental institution. He must really have some mental issues to do something like that.
    • AdamWest2122, on 03/27/2008, -6/+3So you admit there is something seriously ***** up in his head, but he should be punished first, then we should get to the bottom of it?
      • DSM1Love, on 03/27/2008, -2/+6He did commit a horrible crime.
        • AdamWest2122, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Indeed he did. However wouldn't it be better to actually try to get an idea as to why people commit the unthinkable, before sentencing and such? I really cannot accept that people do things like this for the fun of it, and if they are indeed doing it for the fun of it what is so screwed up in their head that they think it is fun?
  • akurashy, on 03/27/2008, -3/+17Just thinking about it is gross... my god the sentence should be a lifetime.. it's beyond cruelty..
  • aldableep3, on 03/27/2008, -3/+7wow.. just, wow..
  • pilgrim3970, on 03/27/2008, -3/+13should have been sentenced to hanging from the neck until dead.
    • lamiaconfitor, on 03/27/2008, -4/+3immolation. I think its about time we endorsed more painful forms of execution.
    • designerutah, on 03/27/2008, -0/+0Execution by using his organs as transplant material. He goes to sleep. Guards come in, inject him, and he never wakes up, but saves a bunch of lives as parts.... that way execution is "humane", achieves the goal of protecting society, and is useful in helping him "pay" for his crimes.
  • fejjfunklamella, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1125 years? Whatever. Give him 25 minutes in the prison's Gen Pop play yard while the guards have a "meeting". He won't last more than 5 minutes.
    • Nick519, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1or how about 25 minutes in a microwave? or heck, even several 20 second runs -- let him feel what his daughter went through.
  • Pilot85, on 03/27/2008, -1/+14Xochitl Vandiver. That is an awesome name. Looks like someone just mashed keys on a keyboard to come up with it.
    • nheels, on 03/27/2008, -4/+2After reading that tragic article, this is what you come up with? haha
    • inigomntoya, on 03/27/2008, -0/+6This is what happens when children of Trekkies grow up and get real jobs...
    • mahdaeng, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3"Xochitl" is a Nahuatl name. It means, "flower", if I remember correctly. "Vandiver" looks Dutch.
  • KaiSe7eN, on 03/27/2008, -1/+11I'm glad he got his, and he'll be getting even more in Prison, ***** bastard.
  • jcastillo81, on 03/27/2008, -25/+5Don't taste me, Daddy!
  • micro23, on 03/27/2008, -8/+28I literally almost vomited when I read this story. I got 2 paragraphs in an had to turn away. I have a great stomach. This is just purely sickening. This man should have been given life or the death penalty. Just truly horrifying.

    The fact that any of you are even making jokes about this is disturbing.
    • Pedlya, on 03/27/2008, -19/+7I want my baby back baby back baby back baby back....RIBS!
      • hadak, on 03/27/2008, -6/+5That's so wrong.
        (But I laughed anyway. Don't tell anyone.)
    • Harabeck, on 03/27/2008, -10/+2I was over at newgrounds and someone submitted a flash of them decapitating a drugged cat on their counter with a kitchen knife. I nearly vomitted.

      Sorry for that, thought I should share my own moment of nausea.
    • joshhan, on 03/27/2008, -2/+9"Prosecutors said Mauldin was angry that he was in a loveless marriage and took it out on his daughter. Just before putting her in the microwave, Mauldin had punched the baby and put her in the hotel-room safe and refrigerator."

      This guy has some serious anger issues.
    • bethehammer, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1yeah, who the hell punches a baby?
    • Sinnic, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1The fact that you have such a tenuous grasp on your bodily functions in this age of global conflict and gratuitous, ever present infotainment is disturbing.

      Do you ***** your pants every time you watch the news?
    • trademaak, on 03/28/2008, -0/+0WOW! You're sucha pussy.
  • zeronome, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3Shouldn't there be equal justice for something like that... Oh well he'll be warmly welcomed into his Prison i'm sure. TAKE LUCK!
  • desirecomplex, on 03/27/2008, -25/+9Don't hate on this guy. Have you ever eaten baby before?
    It's like veal, only babies.
    I'm talking real baby back ribs.
    RIBS!!! Dripping with sauce!!! Falling off the bone!!!
    • MiDri, on 03/27/2008, -4/+3Every one off the boat, she's sinkin fast!
  • SwedishNinja, on 03/27/2008, -11/+1In before dead baby jokes.
  • m0nte, on 03/27/2008, -1/+7Wait till his ''buddies'' in the Penn get a hold of this story! LMAO
  • LordoftheFly, on 03/27/2008, -1/+7I hope the other prisoners take a liking to him.
    • libkarl2, on 03/27/2008, -1/+0It is very likely that they will have to keep him in segregation with the pedos. All the same, his life expectancy is bleak, and if he ever does get out, there won't be much left of him.

      He will probably hang himself before the end of his second year.
  • videomad, on 03/27/2008, -1/+4wow can not believe it. Hope he is getting it inside, the sick twisted.....
  • StolenLamp, on 03/27/2008, -3/+14I guess you may not be able to tell yet, but does anyone know if there was any brain damage or internal problems? This is a very sad story, but it made me curious as to what the repercussions were, other than the burns and the ear thing. Oh, and that guy should be put in the same prison they put Dahmer in, because we all (except for a few) know what happened to him ;)
  • tktackett, on 03/27/2008, -9/+1Daddy got Burned! Perhaps not enough.
  • BlaenkDenum, on 03/27/2008, -0/+18Microwaving a baby, that's disgusting, beyond disturbing, I actually shivered. With all the horror we see in the news on a regular basis, most of us have grown insensitive to many things, but this actually gets me.
    • catfish182, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3I was eating lunch when i read it and puked it into the trashcan.

      That dude is a sick ***** and he needs dealt with
    • Acglaphotis, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Not even the most cynical person wouldn't be shock by this. I know i did.
  • sumdog, on 03/27/2008, -5/+7I think 25 years is good. He'll be an old bastard by then and she'll be over 25 and able to know how to protect her whereabouts and get a restraining order. 25 years is over a quarter of the average life. That's a lot of time to think about why you're in jail.

    I don't think he should be let out otherwise; no possibility of mental health cop-outs or early parole. If he wants to be in a mental institution, he needs to be there for life if he truly is someone with that much anger and lacking that much social reasoning and logical thought.

    I feel really bad for the kid. I couldn't imagine that much pain. God..that's awful. I really hope the doctors can work with her as she grows and do whatever they can to heal the scars and the damage. I hope she doesn't have eye damage or will need organ replacement. That's just horrible. I know she'll never be the same, but I just really really hope she gets good medical care and that the technology we have will help make her life easier.
    • dickybrown, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2"I feel really bad for the kid" - it wasn't a kid - it was a 2 month old helpless baby - poor thing is doomed anyway with parents that stupid

      I hope they do horrible things to him in prison
    • Aitese, on 03/27/2008, -1/+345 is "old" now? That's just middle age
    • HonestAbe, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1I agree that 25 years is pretty good, but the fact that he'll likely be let out early makes me agree with the others saying it's too short.
    • btschul, on 03/27/2008, -1/+0I'd imagine there would be some sort of inoperable brain damage from the radiation; she might not make it to 25
      • Sinnic, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1I dug you down for having a deplorable level of knowledge regarding a ubiquitous modern appliance.
  • lololol1, on 03/27/2008, -14/+6but will it blend?
  • nheels, on 03/27/2008, -3/+3This is messed.
  • GUTTS, on 03/27/2008, -0/+18I can't believe this *****. I'm a father myself and hearing this stuff is just so ***** insane, it's disgusting. He isn't insane. He was in a loveless marriage and because he didn't have the guts to leave or divorce he takes it out on a baby. No, he isn't insane. He's what you call a coward and a pussy.
    • Velvolver, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2Finally someone with gutts
    • Waterrat, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2 Not a pussy...Women would not do that to their own offspring.
  • DaLukeMan, on 03/27/2008, -13/+4What an asshat everyone knows babys are best served when cooked in a oven
  • lonewolfe, on 03/27/2008, -1/+6he better lose his parental rights in April
  • SpookyApplePie, on 03/27/2008, -1/+7What a Dick.
  • reginaldino, on 03/27/2008, -2/+9i had an image of a person pop into my head whilst reading the title. Turns out i'm a racist or i assumed it was the same guy that killed his child over an xbox
    • tfox2k1, on 03/27/2008, -2/+5I knew it would be a weasely looking white guy the moment I read the story. A white guy would do something purely evil and disgusting a black guy or woman would do something totally ignorant or violent. In most cases.

      White guy will microwave a baby.

      Black guy will beat baby over head repeatedly.

      White woman would drive her car into a lake with the baby inside.

      Black woman would leave a bedroom window open in their six story project house with a baby unattended while she watches Oprah or Montel. Baby falls out window, who would have thunk?

      Its wrong to stereotype, but everyone knows its mostly true.

      Oh yeah, anything involving eating another human being, unless we are talking about an inbreed tribe in Africa, is always some crazy white guy.
  • waynemr, on 03/27/2008, -3/+8I've been saying this for a long time... the death penalty, in its present state, is a waste of perfectly good organs, which can be harvested and invested back into society. For these people, who commit those horrific crimes, the punishment should be that they repay society by forced organ harvesting. Let's get something back from these sick bastards.
    • MiDri, on 03/27/2008, -1/+10But what if you get a killers arm, and it yerns to kill some more! OH GOD THE HORROR!
    • Velvolver, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5"Ever since I got this new arm...I've felt the urge to microwave a lot"
    • Loulou07, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2Yea let's rejoin China in the horror!
    • kurtergad87, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5It sounds like someones been reading Larry Niven. I just hope there will not be a certain spike in the need of new organs. I would hate to be executed for pirating or crossing a red light on foot.
    • GeorgeStone2, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4What happens if one of the jury's relatives need a liver?
      "Yeah, this guy with double O negative blood is definitely guilty."
    • designerutah, on 03/27/2008, -2/+0Keep in mind, sending him to prison won't rehabilitate him. Won't cure him. And if we're only sending him to prison, this just makes us sadists. It also puts a large burden on the people to pay for his life and care. Why? Why should criminally insane or pyschopathic people who are incurable get this much respect? Just executing them is wasteful, and makes society look like it's punishing the criminal by murdering him. Instead, break them up for parts and let them pay their debt bu saving some lives that aren't useless. Yes, you would have to make laws to protect against juries convicting for self interest, or for a market to develop over "prison parts", but the real point is this. Unless you can cure them totally, you can't risk letting them back out into society. And unless you do something positive with them (such as using their organs, or having them act as slave labor), it's an ongoing expense to society. Come up with a better idea. One that doesn't make us pay for his worthless life. Something that doesn't torture him and make him suffer a long, useless life. Something that is good for society, and doesn't reward the criminal.
    • Ortheos, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2China called, they want you to work in their prisoner organ harvest division.
  • ricky125, on 03/27/2008, -15/+3"..Dad gets 25 years for microwaving baby..", I hope they give him life. One should never microwave a baby, they dry out. I prefer broiling. Now, I don't wish to start a Grilling versus Broiling debate, I just prefer broiling.
  • kkiran, on 03/27/2008, -8/+2He must be suffering from a severe problem... educate and unite everyone against such misdeeds... research his past and make sure that no one could even think of such a situation.. and then eliminate him for good...... Peace....
  • fizzak, on 03/27/2008, -2/+9Anyone watch the show Dexter? This guy would be good canididate for Dex's table o' flesh.
    • barrakuda, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1mmm he didn't actually kill anyone....
      • byleth, on 03/27/2008, -0/+0Well in that case, Jigsaw might have a solution.

        I want to play a game...
  • fucter, on 03/27/2008, -13/+17recipes.com turns up nothing
  • iamthearm, on 03/27/2008, -4/+7They should microwave the father.
    • Ortheos, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1For 40 seconds.
    • Sinnic, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1I'd take "second- and third-degree burns to the left ear, cheek, hand and shoulder" over 25 years in prison. Wouldn't you?
      • iamthearm, on 03/28/2008, -0/+0I don't know. I like your thinking but I've heard that inmates in prison don't like people that hurt children. So, prison may be a "great place" for him to be. I just say an eye for an eye.
  • SpookyApplePie, on 03/27/2008, -17/+4wait, how come she didn't explode?
    • Thundercat1971, on 03/27/2008, -4/+6Dad poked holes in her with a fork first?
      • dickybrown, on 03/27/2008, -3/+3I don't want to be "that guy" and can usually appreciate humor like this, but being a father, I can't handle these comments in this situation
        this is probably the most disturbing news I've seen in a long time
      • loki77, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Man, that has to be the most messed up joke I've heard in a while. I'm ashamed that my reaction was a short, uncontrollable laugh.
    • zorinlynx, on 03/27/2008, -1/+220 seconds isn't long enough to heat up the entire mass of the body enough such that the water inside starts to boil. It will, however, heat up extremities and thinner areas like ears and fingers, which as you can read in the article were badly damaged.

      Either way, this man is a sick, sick person and really needs to be removed from society. I don't know what can possess someone to do this; I shudder in disgust at the thought of someone microwaving even a cat... but a *baby*??
      • wholearmor, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1All the pro-aborts have no problem with this. They worship anything that's not human.
  • KaiUno, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Fat bastard!
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