D.C. mom convicted of murdering four daughters could walk free

This is sickening process. It has nothing to do with justice. We have a criminal justice that is dysfunctional. The focus should be the 4 murdered little girls and making sure this doesn't happen again. Both points are being ignored in all of this. It is in fact a "criminal justice system."

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"A Southeast D.C. woman who was expected to be sentenced Friday to life in prison for murdering her four daughters could instead walk free under a scenario outlined by the judge who found her guilty, though such an outcome still faces several legal hurdles.

The decomposing bodies of Banita Jacks' daughters - ages 5 to 16 - were discovered in January 2008 when U.S. Marshals came to evict Jacks from her rowhouse. In July, D.C. Superior Court Judge Frederick H. Weisberg found Jacks guilty of four counts of felony murder, three counts of premeditated first-degree murder and four counts of first-degree child cruelty.

Jacks was scheduled to be sentenced Friday but Judge Weisberg postponed it while he considers issues related to her refusal to use an insanity defense. Jacks rejected the defense against the advice of her lawyers, who are now asking Weisberg to appoint an independent counsel to investigate whether she was competent to make such a decision."
- D.C. mom convicted of murdering four daughters could walk free - Washington Times (view on Google Sidewiki)