Facebooking Mom Whose Son Drowned Gets 10 Years
Shannon Johnson received a ten year prison sentence for negligence in her son's drowning over a year ago. The 34-year-old Denver mom was playing Cafe World on Facebook and hadn't checked on the 13-month old for ten minutes.
Shannon Johnson received a ten year prison sentence for negligence in her son’s drowning over a year ago. The 34-year-old mom was playing Cafe World on Facebook and hadn’t checked on the 13-month old for ten minutes.
The Associated Press quoted Denver-area District Judge Thomas Quammen telling her in court:
You left this little boy in a bathtub so you could entertain yourself on the computer by playing game. And you left that 13-month-old human being, little Joseph, incredibly for those reasons.
Johnson’s
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