Re: Defense: Woman too obese to kill nephew
crook...@gmail.com
> http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/27/obese.prosecution.ap/index.html
>
> Defense: Woman too obese to kill nephew
>
> Story Highlights
>
> * Attorney claims half-ton woman was not physically capable of killing
> nephew
> * Eliseo Gonzalez Jr. died after being struck at least twice in head,
> prosecutor says
> * Mayra Rosales placed under house arrest because jail cell is not big
> enough for her
>
> EDINBURG, Texas (AP) -- A nearly half-ton Texas woman charged in the death
> of her toddler nephew couldn't have beaten the boy to death because of her
> limited movement from weight problems, her attorney said Tuesday.
>
> Mayra Rosales, who weighs nearly 1,000 pounds, was indicted last week on
> capital murder charges in the death of Eliseo Gonzalez Jr. Prosecutors said
> the 2-year-old boy died after being struck at least twice in the head while
> in the care of Rosales, who is bedridden.
>
> Jamie Rosales, the boy's 20-year-old mother, believes the death was
> possibly caused by the morbidly obese woman rolling onto the toddler, said
> Oscar Vega, her attorney. She faces one felony count of injury to a child,
> which carries a life sentence and 10,000 in fines.
>
> "She doesn't believe her sister intentionally did anything to her child,"
> Vega told The Associated Press.
>
> A state district judge put Mayra Rosales, 27, under house arrest Monday
> because the county jail lacks a large enough cell or necessary medical
> resources. She is required to wear a global-positioning tracker until her
> trial.
>
> Sergio Valdez, Mayra Rosales' attorney, said she lacks the movement in her
> arms to have killed the child, calling it an "impossibility."
>
> "She is not physically capable of having committed those acts," Valdez
> said.
>
> Valdez said Rosales suffers from a thyroid problem that has caused her to
> put on hundreds of pounds over the past three to four years and has been
> bedridden for more than a year.
>
> The stress of the arrest and charges has exacerbated the poor health of
> Mayra Rosales, who also suffers from a "life-threatening" ailment he would
> not disclose, Valdez said.
>
> "This whole ordeal has taken a very negative effect on her, emotionally and
> physically," Valdez said. "She wants this to be over. She wants to be
> vindicated."
>
> Vega said Jamie Rosales has a learning disability and will plead not
> guilty.
>
> He declined to say where his client was the day of her son's death, but
> said he knew of no order forbidding the boy to be watched by his aunt.
maybe she was lifting weights and was strong enough to actually throw
a fist.
the question is, if she did roll on top of him and it was an accident,
how do you punish someone who weighs half a ton?
Rob Cypher
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LongRodSilver
>Sergio Valdez, Mayra Rosales' attorney, said she lacks the movement in her
>>> arms to have killed the child, calling it an "impossibility."
Fat bitch can move her hands well enough to hold a spoon and fork.. or
in her case.. a shovel and rake..
LongRodSilver
>>> Vega said Jamie Rosales has a learning disability and will plead not
>>> guilty.
That's the old "He be retarded" excuse used by jigs for decades..
Omelet
<557f4d73-5f87-4287...@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
crook...@gmail.com wrote:
> how do you punish someone who weighs half a ton?
>
> Rob Cypher
Don't let them eat twinkies?
Force them on to a healthy diet?
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