Comments on: Woman faints after being sentenced for deadly beating of 3-year-old child

By: disgusted

disgusted — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 15:36:00 +0000

Brutal beatings of the child … She fainted I would have left her there and not called Red Cross. Maybe in prison some women will teach her meaning about brutality and how it feels.

By: Timothy Williams

Timothy Williams — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 16:13:00 +0000

Costa Rica law does not provide for life sentences. Maximum sentence for any crime in CR, including murder, is *effectively* 30 years. From time to time you’ll see a sentence of say, ’60 years’ but it is symbolic only. For instance, in a double homicide, the defendant can be sentenced to 30 years for each murder for a total of 60 years, but the sentences will ultimately run concurrently, even though it is often reported that the person was “sentenced to a total of 60 years.”

By: sean

sean — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 16:07:00 +0000

30 years and 20 years?!? Are there no life sentences for murderers? Even more reason, murder of a child. What a joke. Shame on you CR

By: prdatki

prdatki — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 15:21:00 +0000

They should be hung, CR needs a death sentance.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 14:56:00 +0000

Scumbags.