标题: 美国谋财害自己自闭症儿子的母亲被判死刑 [打印本页] 作者: binfeng2000 时间: 2009-8-6 09:01 标题: 美国谋财害自己自闭症儿子的母亲被判死刑 Russellville, AL - A Franklin County judge has sentenced Christie Scott to death by lethal injection. Judge Terry Dempsey issued the sentence shortly after 9am.
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. The majority of the jurors in the case recommended a sentence of life in prison without parole.
However, Judge Terry Dempsey said in his ruling the child's death was more heinous, atrocious and cruel than many other capital cases and ordered Scott to die.
"The Court is a great believer in the jury system and following the jury when at all possible," Judge Dempsey wrote in his sentencing order. "Killing your own child for money by burning him alive is too much to overcome."
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 also took an additional $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.