Friday, February 17, 2012

Parents jailed for eight years after they let their son, eight, die of curable cancer... but paid to get their dog treated for fleas

The parents of an 8-year-old boy who died from Hodgkin lymphoma after suffering for months from undiagnosed swollen glands was sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to denying him medical treatment.

Attorneys for Monica Hussing, 37, and William Robinson Sr., 40, had said the parents had financial problems and tried to get checkups for their son but couldn't afford it.

The couple was given the maximum sentence by Cuyahoga County Judge Michael Astrab, who accepted their guilty plea last month to attempted involuntary manslaughter in a last-minute plea deal before their trial was about to begin.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2102274/Couple-jailed-years-let-son-aged-die-curable-cancer-paid-dog-flead.html

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