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Mom Jailed; Handicapped Son, 5, Weighed 15 Pounds
(AP) CORTLAND, N.Y. A woman was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for starving her 5-year-old handicapped son, who weighed just 15 pounds when he was found in a playpen infested with cockroaches and lice.

Judy Gratton, 49, was convicted in January of assault and other offenses.

The boy, Harley Morgan, has Down syndrome. Several doctors testified that he had been starved for several months and was near death. A typical 5-year-old should weigh about 40 pounds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Gratton and her live-in boyfriend, Joseph Kahn, were arrested during a drug raid at her home last March.

Two of the endangering charges involved Gratton's older children, a 12-year-old girl and 13-year-old boy who also were malnourished.

State investigators found that the Cortland County Department of Social Services missed repeated opportunities to prevent harm to the boy. County social workers made at least nine home and school visits in the six months before the raid.

Kahn, 45, pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child and possession of marijuana, and was sentenced to nine months in jail.

[onlòóker]

9 months? That is a joke.

If anything, they should put the bitch through the same treatment and throw her in jail for the rest of her life.

[denn333]

Not right.

[RabidDog]

The Women was sentenced to 15 years.. It's the boyfriend who was sentenced to 9 months..
He should of recieved more for knowing and being part of it..

[onlòóker]

Originally Posted by RabidDog

The Women was sentenced to 15 years.. It's the boyfriend who was sentenced to 9 months..
He should of recieved more for knowing and being part of it..

I guess I should of read the article more closely. Should of been 15 years to life. I hope she serves all 15 of it too.

The boyfriend should be going for longer then 9 months too.

[Illusion]

That bitch deserves every bit of that sentence. I also agree that the bf should have gotten more time.

[slash]

It's great that you guys know all the details of the case so you can judge the boyfriend.

[Willie Bee]

Slash is right. Who are we to judge anyone without complete facts? Why doing that could lead someone to make a statement such as this: "95% of the people in the world hate gay people, and want every single muslim dead."



They ought to be piping sunlight to both of these people for the next 20 years.

[gurkic1]

Originally Posted by denn333

Not right.

aha