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Monday, May 26, 2003
posted by gbarto at 1:14 PM:
Girl Hospitalized After Being Put in Washing MachineCould an insanity plea not work? Could you be healthy and make this mistake?
Surveillance camera footage shows the woman placing the child in the washer and calmly turning it on (or as calmly as grainy surveillance camera footage can capture). But it also shows her and others wrestling to get the door open before a deputy broke the glass with his billy club.
I do wonder why the washer wouldn't open and how long, in lawsuit-happy America, it will take the mother's attorney to announce a suit against the washing machine maker. It will be ridiculous, of course, but not that ridiculous. After all, there are plenty of cartoons of stuffed animals being put in the washing machines (e.g. the numerous discussions between Calvin and Hobbes about how the latter gets his baths) and I'm surprised some children haven't got around to trying out this dangerous little number yet.
Returning to the mother, it is unclear if she was acting maliciously, unthinkingly or if she just plain blanked out, then suddenly said, "Hey, where'd Emma go?" We'll see if she needs a long time with some very calm and reassuring people who can help her feel more like herself, or maybe somebody better, or if prison is determined to be appropriate. I expect that in Gray-Davis land, it will be the latter, because it's something that sounds absolutely horrible and that California politicians will be eager to exploit.
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