A Montana mother who allowed her 18-month-old baby daughter to inhale from a marijuana water pipe on several occasions was properly convicted, but should not have to spend five years in jail, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday.
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In 2005, a lower court sentenced Durham to five years in prison for unlawful marijuana distribution. She appealed both the conviction and the sentence.
In its ruling on Friday, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit upheld the conviction but said the sentence exceeded the applicable federal law which calls for punishment of no more than two years in prison.
Mom properly jailed for letting baby smoke dope-court, Reuters
What the hells going on in this country? 18 month old?!
At the least, the court upheld the conviction… Frankly, I think the punishment is mildly absurd. Only two years for endangering a child?
The article says nothing about whats going to happen with the kid… I hope child services takes the kid, and the lady is neutered in hopes of chlorinating the gene pool.