Mom goes to jail because of son's truancy, dies

[BOP]

http://news.yahoo.com/mom-died-jail-because-she-didnt-pay-her-140636967.html

That’s exactly what happened to 55-year-old Pennsylvania mom Eileen DiNino. The unemployed mother of seven didn’t have the wealth of the fictional Bueller family, so she was unable to pony up $2,000 for truancy fines that her kids racked up for missing school. Although the federal government outlawed debtor’s prisons in the 1830s, last Friday DiNino, who lived in Berks County, an hour northwest of Philadelphia, was tossed in a jail cell to serve out a two-day sentence. A cause of death is still to be determined, but law enforcement officials didn’t give DiNino the high blood pressure medication she needed. She was found dead in her cell on Saturday, reported The Associated Press.

 

[vraiblonde]

The unemployed mother of seven...

Am i supposed to feel sorry for her?

 

[GWguy]

Bet that kid is never late for an appointment ever again.

 

[b23hqb]

Bet that kid is never late for an appointment ever again.

And I'll also bet attorneys have already signed on to represent those kids that will result in a payday. I'd say the state screwed the pooch on this one.

 

[PsyOps]

The unemployed mother of seven...

Am i supposed to feel sorry for her?

Well, in this economy unemployment is likely and become a fact of life everywhere. She may have had a really good job (like a friend of mine) and got laid off, and couldn't find a job. Sorry, but IF it's true they refused to give her the meds she needed, that's murder; I don't care what you think about the mother.

 

[Midnightrider]

Well, in this economy unemployment is likely and become a fact of life everywhere. She may have had a really good job (like a friend of mine) and got laid off, and couldn't find a job. Sorry, but if it's true they refused to give her the meds she needed, that's murder; I don't care what you think about the mother.

The article doesn't say leo refused to give her the meds, only that they didn't. She may not have told them she needed them. I wouldn't jump straight to murder.

 

[GW8345]

Wow, we will send a mother of seven to jail for unpaid bills but push to let out drug users, what an eff'ed up country.

 

[Hijinx]

Wow, we will send a mother of seven to jail for unpaid bills but push to let out drug users, what an eff'ed up country.

Amen Brother: It's a bit like putting an out of work man in jail for unpaid child support. He sure isn't going to earn anything in jail.

 

[blazinlow89]

Amen Brother: It's a bit like putting an out of work man in jail for unpaid child support. He sure isn't going to earn anything in jail.

JPC?

There is a difference for an out of work man not being able to pay, and a man who wont work so he doesn't have to pay.

 

[PsyOps]

the article doesn't say leo refused to give her the meds, only that they didn't. She may not have told them she needed them. I wouldn't jump straight to murder.

If!

 

[b23hqb]

If!

The biggest word in the history of language, and so many miss it.

 

[CRHS89]

It says a 2 day sentence. Can someone die from missing a day or two's dose of bp meds?

 

[GWguy]

It says a 2 day sentence. Can someone die from missing a day or two's dose of bp meds?

Heart meds, yes, depending on what the med is and what it's controlling.

 

[vraiblonde]

Well, in this economy unemployment is likely and become a fact of life everywhere. She may have had a really good job (like a friend of mine) and got laid off, and couldn't find a job.

If she's unemployed she should have plenty of time to supervise her seven kids and make sure they went to school.

Clearly this woman is a dirtbag and, after reading the whole article, the author of this piece of silliness needs a swift kick in the ass.

 

[BigBlue]

Amen Brother: It's a bit like putting an out of work man in jail for unpaid child support. He sure isn't going to earn anything in jail.

Had the kid gone to school this would not have happen now , would it ?

 

[GW8345]

Had the kid gone to school this would not have happen now , would it ?

Yet you want to give lazy ass people other people's money, i.e. welfare, instead of making them work for a living.

 

[BigBlue]

Yet you want to give lazy ass people other people's money, i.e. welfare, instead of making them work for a living.

NO , DA ,try reading a post once in a while .

 

[GW8345]

If she's unemployed she should have plenty of time to supervise her seven kids and make sure they went to school.

Clearly this woman is a dirtbag and, after reading the whole article, the author of this piece of silliness needs a swift kick in the ass.

Wow, maybe you should go dance on her grave.

Was her death and the breaking up of her family worth $2000? Now, the taxpayers are going to be paying a lot more then what they would ever get from this lady, and for what, because her kid didn't go to school? If someone doesn't want to go to school we shouldn't force them, and we don't give them any assistance when they can't get a job either.

People should be free to make their own choices, and have the freedom to live with the consequences of their choices and the taxpayer not being force to support their bad decisions. It's call free will, something this country was founded on.

 

[GW8345]

NO , DA ,try reading a post once in a while .

No DA, I'm referring to your position on entitlements and your liberal leanings or did you forget you're a raving liberal?

 

[BigBlue]

No DA, I'm referring to your position on entitlements and your liberal leanings or did you forget you're a raving liberal?

LOL , again effing DA , read a post once before you open your mouth .