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Iowa woman gets 50-year sentence in baby’s death
Posted on Nov 05, 2009 by admin.
A Des Moines woman who pleaded guilty to multiple acts of child endangerment in the drowning of her infant son has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.
Before sentencing Heidi Anfinson on Thursday, Polk County Judge Scott Rosenberg called the case tragic. He said he believed Anfinson was no threat to public safety.
Under the plea agreement, the 50-year-old Anfinson could be released in several months or could serve several years for the 1998 drowning death of 2-month-old Jacob Anfinson. The decision will be up to the Board of Parole.
Anfinson was found guilty in 2000 of second-degree murder in the death of the boy. His body, weighted down with rocks, was found in Saylorville Lake near Des Moines.
In 2007, the Iowa Supreme Court reversed her conviction, saying Anfinson’s former lawyer failed to pursue evidence of postpartum psychosis.
– Associated Press
lvtycoon
05. Nov, 2009
WHY WAIST TAX MONEY ON SCUM ,IF THEY LIKE THE OTHER SIDE SO MUCH THEN LETS SEND THEM THERE ..THE DEVIL WILL BE OPEN ARMS … MAN I LOVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH ..WHICH LIBERALS HATE
CR64
05. Nov, 2009
Your rambling is rather amusing!
beeman123
05. Nov, 2009
This story doesn't make any sense.
hth_thels
05. Nov, 2009
How sad.
NomerBull
05. Nov, 2009
Sentenced to 50 years, but could be released in several MONTHS?? The sentence is meaningless if she hardly serves any of it!
How about I blow through a red light in fr.ont of a cop, then laugh and flip the judge a quarter when he fines me $150?