now im really going to kill that woman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lovechild]

Woman Named in Twin Death Had Conviction

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The woman charged with killing one of her twins by refusing a Caesarean section was convicted of child endangerment in Pittsburgh nearly four years ago, a newspaper reported Saturday.

The 2000 conviction of Melissa Rowland stemmed from a supermarket incident in which she punched her daughter several times in the face after the toddler picked up a candy bar and began eating it, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. Witnesses said Rowland screamed, "You ate the candy bar and now I can't buy my cigarettes."

An Allegheny County, Pa., court sentenced Rowland to five years probation for simple assault, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child. Her daughter was turned over to a child-welfare agency.

Prosecutors in Salt Lake City charged Rowland Thursday with criminal homicide and child endangerment for refusing doctors' advice to get a C-section. Charging documents allege that Rowland was warned numerous times between Christmas and Jan. 9 that her twins would likely die if she did not get immediate medical treatment.

One of the twins, a boy, was stillborn Jan. 13. A girl survived and has since been adopted, but prosecutors say she tested positive for cocaine and alcohol.

Rowland, 28, of the Salt Lake City suburb of West Jordan, has denied prosecutors' claims that she avoided the surgery because of fears of scarring.

A call after hours to Rowland's attorney, Michael Sikora, was not immediately returned. Sikora has said Rowland has a history of mental illness. Rowland said she attempted suicide twice and has spent time in a psychiatric hospital.

In a jailhouse interview with The Associated Press Friday, Rowland said her two children from her estranged husband have lived with his parents since 1997. She did not mention the prior conviction and said her children, ages 7 and 9, no longer live with her because she thought they were better off with their grandparents.

[Ashes]

SHE HAS TO DIE!

[feline]

They should put her in a room full of good mothers and let her be dealt with that way!

[Coor]

That's the same woman who punched her kid in the face! I remember that! Yes, yes, she should be locked up, serious, mental home, prision, or somewhere that she could not reproduce. Jezz! I can't believe that someone would do that. See, this is where the steralization thing I talked about before comes in. Pay crack heads to get fixed, save children's lives.

[vicious_blood]

No wonder I feel homicidal...



Oops...did I say that out loud?

[dragon_gurl]

"You ate the candy bar, now i can't buy cigrettes" I think all child abusers should have a flesh eating bacteria released on them slowly for many weeks. EIther that or a strong acid dropped on them bit by bit. People like that make me glad there is a 2nd admendment.

[Coor]

Unfortunatly, under law, it was her choice, not to take that doctors advice. Just because she is a convicted child abuser, itsn't gonig to put her away. I don't agree with it, but shit thats the law. I'm Pro Choice, but that's another debate for another topic. Its the law, and this case is proving to be very intresting. espicially Bill O'riely, a seriously conservative guy, is siding wi th the law on this one.