To intentionally murder your child by burning him is shockingly evil

I’m with Judge Dempsy on this one. Evil. Shockingly evil.

An American woman has been convicted (and now sentenced to death) for the muder of her autistic son, Mason. WHNT news in Alabama carried the story, Judge Sentences Christie Scott to Death For Son’s Murder, on their website.

Here are some quotes:

In July, a jury found Scott guilty of three counts of capital murder for setting a fire in her home that killed her six-year-old son, Mason.

and,

During the trial, the state presented evidence that Mason, who was autistic, had a total of $175,000 worth of life insurance when he died. Christie Scott took out a $100,000 policy the day before her son died. Someone had also removed expensive jewelry and pictures from the home. Investigators also found an undamaged smoke detector in the ashes. It was believed to have been taken down before the fire.

And, this one just makes my eyes cross. Literally.

“To me, the fact that she chose that manner of death for a child that was scared of fire puts her in a category that not only is possible for death, it definitely deserves the death penalty,” says Rushing.

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