TheLastManInAmerica

Say you weigh 1,000lbs, you’re arm would probably weigh a modest 75lbs.Then say you used that fleshy sledge hammer to strike a two year-old child in the head. The appendage most likely weighs more than the toddler and with all that weight and momentum transferring at the child’s skull the results are likely to be ghastly.

A woman in Texas is charged with just that. Tipping the scales at nearly half a ton, police are saying 27 year-old Mayra Lizbeth Rosales struck her two year-old nephew in the head twice, crushing his skull and killing him.

Now police and prosecutors are faced with the heavy task of jailing the woman and bringing her to court.

Her girth does not allow her to fit through the doors of her house to be brought to jail and the constant medical attention she requires would be impossible for  Hidalgo County to provide.“She would die,” says Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino.

So, honestly, what do you do with this woman?

She is considered incapable of fleeing without assistance and is pretty much imprisoned by her body. Do you post guards outside of her house and turn it into a makeshift jail and then allow her to appear before a court via satellite?

It’s almost as if ‘why should we bother?’ but that wouldn’t be doing justice for the little boy who died.

But do you take the risk of letting her die in prison and having human rights groups up your ass for not providing her with adequate care? It’s quite the predicament for  Hidalgo County. If she’s guilty she needs to be brought to justice but how? Does she actually weigh more than the burden of justice?

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