Saudi Arabian Justice?

I seldom agree with the Saudi Arabians, but here is a couple of cases that was in the news this week that I feel deserves "Saudi Arabian Justice". . . .You know where if you commit a crime they don't delay punishment. You steal, they cut off your hand, you murder someone, and you're are beheaded in the public square, etc. . . .

6-Week-Old Ohio Baby Has Toes Bitten Off By Rats

Ohio (ChattahBox) - In a shameful case of apparent neglect, three people so far, have been arrested for child endangerment after police officers arrived at their mobile home to find that a six-week old baby had had it’s toes bitten off by rats.

Todd Trent, Joseph Gunter, and Tina Gunter have been charged with neglect, and are being held without bail. The mother, who is only 17, has not been official charged, though police have not said if they will rule it out.

Trent, the 18-year-old boyfriend but not the father, has claimed that it happened as he slept. But doctors at Nationwide Children’s Hospital told The Australian that the bites had gone back for some time, and that the child had been repeatedly attacked by the rodents.

The baby is in stable condition at a Columbus hospital, but has lost two of it’s toes.

3 children found starved in Dallas hotel bathroom

By JEFF CARLTON / Associated Press - Three children were kept in a hotel bathroom for about a year and were "horribly emaciated" when police found them earlier this month, authorities said. One claimed to have been repeatedly sexually assaulted.

The children's mother, 30-year-old Abneris Santiago, is charged with injury to a child. Her 37-year-old live-in boyfriend, Alfred Santiago, is charged with aggravated sexual assault and continuous sexual abuse.

According to an arrest affidavit, Abneris Santiago called police on July 2 and asked for help getting her children and belongings from the hotel. Officers found a healthy 1-year-old girl — the child of the Santiagos, Jamison said — in a crib.

Inside the bathroom, they found an 11-year-old girl, a 10-year-old boy and a 5-year-old boy — Abneris Santiago's children from other relationships, Jamison said. It was apparent the children suffered from "serious physical, emotional and mental neglect," according to the affidavit.

The 10-year-old was covered in bruises and all three were "horribly emaciated, underweight and malnourished," the affidavit said.

The 11-year-old told authorities that their mother left them with her boyfriend while she worked. She said they were allowed to leave the bathroom only when he took a shower and that they were regularly beaten and rarely fed.

The girl told police she had been sexually abused by her mother's boyfriend for at least three years. She described numerous rapes and said she was forced to perform oral sex on him. She also said the boyfriend threatened to kill her if she told her mother about the assaults.

The children were initially hospitalized for 10 days. The 10-year-old was hospitalized again recently, said Child Protective Services spokeswoman Marissa Gonzales. All four children are now in temporary foster care.

Abneris Santiago told police that Alfred Santiago did not care for her children because, according to him, "they were not his responsibility," the affidavit said.

"She just had a history of making poor judgments about her male companions," Jamison said. "I think ultimately the evidence will show that this man was controlling her and controlling the children."

He was with his sister and police when they went to the hotel. The children were so emaciated that they threw up when child protective workers first tried to feed them. The children's lips were dry, swollen and cracked, their ribs were protruding, and their cheeks and eyes were sunken into dark hollows.

To see the full articles go to:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D99JPVQO2.html
http://chattahbox.com/us/2009/07/22/6-week-old-ohio-baby-has-toes-bitten-off-by-rats