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| Mother Received Harsher Sentence Than Stepfather for Death of 7 Year Old |
| 11.12.08 (3:48 pm) [edit] |
Nixzaliz Santiago received a 40 year sentence for failing to save her 7-year-old daughter's life after the child's stepfather delivered a fatal blow as punishment for stealing yogurt. The stepfather, Cesar Rodriguez, received a 29 year sentence. Nixzaliz received a a harsher sentence because of her act of omission - "failing to save her child's life by taking her to the hospital after the beating in January 2006."
Rodriguez sadistically tormented Nixmary Brown by tying her to a radiator and forcing her to use a cat litter box to relieve herself.
The mom stood by and did nothing as the stepfather pummeled the little girl in the hours before she was found beaten to death on Jan. 11, 2006.
Both trials raised questions of whether mothers should be held to a higher standard than fathers. Prosecutors accused Santiago of not doing her duty to protect her helpless daughter, saying she only summoned help hours after the victim had died. [source]
Should Nixzaliz Santiago be held more responsible than the man who delivered the fatal blow? Yes. I believe mothers should be held to a higher standard, but not because I believe mothers are nurturers by nature. I don't believe that at all. Andrea Yates, Susan Smith Deanna Laney, and Sivananthi Elango seriously lack the nurturer gene.
With rights come responsibilities. In this country, women have the right to decide if they want to bear a child; therefore, women should be held more accountable for the fate of that child after it's born. I'm sure lots of my fellow feminists would disagree with that. I don't understand how any woman who fights for exclusive rights to her own body can then reject the responsibilities that come with those rights.
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