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FATHER GETS 100 YRS FOR POISONING KIDS' SOUP
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A Georgia man was sentenced to 100 years in prison for poisoning his two children to extort money from Campbell Soup Co.
William Cunningham was sentenced Thursday after a jury found him guilty of five counts of cruelty to children and two counts of aggravated assault, said Kellie Perry, a clerk at the Clayton County Superior Court.
The girl and boy, then 18 months old and 3 years old, were hospitalized after Cunningham fed them soup tainted with prescription drugs and lighter fluid.
On one occasion, authorities said he used the prescription drugs Prozac and Amitriptyline _ both used to treat depression _ to poison the children.
Cunningham was arrested in March 2006. According to prosecutors, the former dump truck driver called Campbell in January 2006 and threatened to sue the company because its soup was contaminated. He pleaded guilty in 2007 to a federal charge of making false claims against the company.
Authorities said there was no evidence the soup was tainted when it was purchased. A family member said the children may suffer lifelong respiratory problems after swallowing the poisoned soup.
The children's mother, Rhonda Cunningham, filed for divorce during the case.
(This version CORRECTS that Cunningham was found guilty of five counts of cruelty to children and two counts of aggravated assault.)
William Cunningham was sentenced Thursday after a jury found him guilty of five counts of cruelty to children and two counts of aggravated assault, said Kellie Perry, a clerk at the Clayton County Superior Court.
The girl and boy, then 18 months old and 3 years old, were hospitalized after Cunningham fed them soup tainted with prescription drugs and lighter fluid.
On one occasion, authorities said he used the prescription drugs Prozac and Amitriptyline _ both used to treat depression _ to poison the children.
Cunningham was arrested in March 2006. According to prosecutors, the former dump truck driver called Campbell in January 2006 and threatened to sue the company because its soup was contaminated. He pleaded guilty in 2007 to a federal charge of making false claims against the company.
Authorities said there was no evidence the soup was tainted when it was purchased. A family member said the children may suffer lifelong respiratory problems after swallowing the poisoned soup.
The children's mother, Rhonda Cunningham, filed for divorce during the case.
(This version CORRECTS that Cunningham was found guilty of five counts of cruelty to children and two counts of aggravated assault.)
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There are times I just want to take a week's worth of headlines like this and say "Don't do this."
Maybe I will.
Maybe I can just open our sessions with "Today's Bad Example."
Too bad his pic doesn't look like this; it should:
I facilitate a group for young fathers (up to age 25).
There are times I just want to take a week's worth of headlines like this and say "Don't do this."
Maybe I will.
Maybe I can just open our sessions with "Today's Bad Example."
I was 23 when my wife became pregnent with are first kid. Ya it wasnt easy but we made it with out ever puting are kid in harms way. Now i'm 31 and have two boys and from then till now my main consern is making sure they never get hurt. ( occasional black eye from boys being boys or bruses again from boys being boys set aside here. you cant help everything)
Our country has developed into a buncha freakin' wussies.
Yep! its become the American way, GREED, get money anywhay you can and it doesnt matter who gets hurt..The end justifies the means. People cant wait to SUE, SUE, SUE even when there is a car accident and a child or relative dies, SUE SUE SUE, grab all the money you can. Shoot somone and guess what, SUE SUE SUE, the gun company and the store selling the gun,, Yesser,, GREED is what is driving this country down the toilet...Look at the greed from the people in the government and big business, Bankrupted this country and guess who got hurt..
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quote: Poison your own children just in hopes of getting a few bucks from Campbell's soup.
Yep! its become the American way, GREED, get money anywhay you can and it doesnt matter who gets hurt..The end justifies the means. People cant wait to SUE, SUE, SUE even when there is a car accident and a child or relative dies, SUE SUE SUE, grab all the money you can. Shoot somone and guess what, SUE SUE SUE, the gun company and the store selling the gun,, Yesser,, GREED is what is driving this country down the toilet...Look at the greed from the people in the government and big business, Bankrupted this country and guess who got hurt..
Careful, someone will sue you for telling the truth.[:X]