Moms sentenced for deadly fire
Two moms whose house burned down, killing 5 children inside, are being held responsible for the deaths because they left the children alone while they went out drinking at a bar.
After more than an hour of heart-wrenching testimony, Allegheny County Judge David Cashman said that the women’s crime of leaving the children in the care of two 8-year-old boys should not go unpunished.
“You traded the lives of five children for a couple of beers,” Cashman said. “These children were placed in harm’s way because you decided it was time to party. … This deserves punishment.”
[Shakita] Mangham and [Furaha] Love, who pleaded no contest in February to charges of involuntary manslaughter, were taken from the courtroom in handcuffs. Their jail terms will be followed by five years of probation.
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