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Posted: 6:24 AM Sep 7, 2008
Teen Father Convicted Of Killing 16-Month-Old Son
A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to up to 38 years in prison after a jury convicted him of killing his 16-month-old son.
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A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to up to 38 years in prison after a jury convicted him of killing his 16-month-old son.
The Winston-Salem Journal reported that jurors rejected a charge of first-degree murder and found Joshua Anderson guilty of second-degree murder and felony child abuse in the death of Jamal Markes Shepard. Judge Catherine Eagles sentenced Anderson on Friday to consecutive sentences that total 30 to 38 years -- the maximum allowed.
Prosecutors say Anderson slammed the baby against a wall in June 2006 causing skull fractures and swelling of the brain. Jamal died 11 days later. Anderson's attorney Marilyn Massey says her client was a frightened father with limited mental capacity who was frustrated by the child's crying.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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Maggie of kinston: you did the right thing. These people hate to be confronted because they are cowards. I would and do the same thing you did, my friend told me that one day someone would punch my lights out; better me than the child. Cowards never punch anyone their size, only children.
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This is so sad ,so many people's life changed forever!!! But we as a society see child abuse all the time but choose not to get involved for fear of making someone angry!! I stepped in Sat to confront a father who after exiting the food lion with what appeared to be a little boy between the age of 1 to 2 years old tossed the child in the back seat of the car and began to strike him with a wooden paddle or yard stick he hit this small child about six times as hard as he could and then acted as if he had done nothing wrong when I approched him His respones to me was that is my baby and it ain't none of your business.I replied what you just did is against the law and i am going to call the police . I wrote down his tag # and called the police but because his car had a 30 day tag on it they said there was nothing that they could do. I wonder what is going to happen to this little boy at home if he beat the crap out of him in the parking lot. Please make it your business .
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