CINCINNATI (AP) — A state appeals court on Friday reversed a woman's murder conviction in her baby daughter's burning death in a microwave oven.
The 2nd District Ohio Court of Appeals made the ruling in the case of China Arnold, sentenced in 2008 to life in prison without parole for the death of her month-old daughter.
Montgomery County prosecutors were "astonished" at the reversal and will file a motion asking the court to reconsider its decision, spokesman Greg Flannagan said. Prosecutors also had the options of dismissing the case, retrying Arnold or appealing to the Ohio Supreme Court.
Arnold, who remains charged with her conviction reversed, is expected to be transferred within a week or two to the Montgomery County jail, where she would be held pending a bail hearing, her attorney said.
For those of you who usually email or tell me “well, we were/are not in their shoes, we don’t know her situation or how bad she had it”, I say BS. This isn’t one of those situations or incidents.This isn't where someone was wrongly accused , sentenced, and served 30 years for a crime only to have one of the appeals find them guilty through inaccurate DNA or testimony or such. Much like my opinion on Susan Smith, this woman doesn’t deserve to breath any more. I, as many other people probably do, wonder WHAT these judges think. There’s certain cases where you DO re examine them to make sure justice is properly administered. This is a travesty of justice and a waste of time. Of course, our forefathers didn’t understand the complexities of microwave baby murders when they wrote the basis for our legal system, did they? I suppose we must ignore the obvious to make sure the obscure was followed.
What say you?
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