Turpin sister's photos of shackled siblings draw gasps in court
Source: CBS News
By CRIMESIDER STAFF AP June 21, 2018, 3:11 PM
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A judge heard further arguments Thursday as he weighed whether a California couple will face trial on allegations of subjecting most of their 13 children to years of filth, starvation and bizarre abuse that included feeding them moldy pies and sometimes caging them as punishment. David and Louise Turpin appeared for a second day at a preliminary hearing.
Horrific testimony of starvation, squalor and bizarre punishment was presented Wednesday. Photos showed two pale, malnourished girls shackled to bunk beds. Their sister, who surreptitiously snapped the photos, was heard pleading in a 911 call for someone to come and save her siblings.
"They will wake up at night and they will start crying and they wanted me to call somebody," the 17-year-old tells the dispatcher in a quivering, childlike voice.
David and Louise Turpin have pleaded not guilty to torture, child abuse and other charges. Each is being held on $12 million bail and could face up to life in prison if convicted.
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Ligyron
(7,648 posts)You know - Kiddie Jail. Apparently, it would have all been legal then.
geardaddy
(24,936 posts)Let me guess, they're probably Bible-thumpers.
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(24,936 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,180 posts)The religious right is populating like rabbits, homeschooled so they don't learn about anything the parents don't want them to know, and a fundamentalist Christ-o-fascist outlook. Most times of course the 'torture' is perfectly legal, an insidious, from when they were very young and susceptible, conditioning about the evil Dems and liberals and their war on America.
lark
(23,204 posts)They odiously passed his audition.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,504 posts)Of course, he would need to pardon them first!.......