Georgia judge to sex abuser mom: "You may be the vilest b*tch that I have ever met"

[davidn3600]

A Georgia judge harshly condemned a woman who admitted to assisting in the sexual abuse of her daughters.

Amanda Arellano pleaded guilty Thursday to rape, aggravated child molestation, and other crimes, and she was sentenced to 30 years in prison and lifetime probation as a sex offender, reported The Telegraph.

Prosecutors said the 29-year-old Arellano and her boyfriend, 30-year-old Daniel Copeland, decided over a period of months three years ago to incorporate her daughters, then 6 and 8 years old, “into their sexual behaviors as a couple.”

Arellano opted to plead guilty before her trial was set to begin this week, and courtroom observers were upset and left crying by details about the case revealed during the hearing.

“I almost had to get up and walk out,” a bailiff said.

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“This is how men show you they love you,” Arellano told one girl as she held her down while Copeland raped her, according to prosecutors.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/19/georgia-judge-to-sex-abuser-mom-you-may-be-the-vilest-btch-that-i-have-ever-met/

She also admitted to photographing the sex acts.

Her boyfriend, Daniel Copeland, was already sentenced last year to 25 years.

[IADEMO2004]

1. I need go to find some puppy pictures now.

[BlueCaliDem]

7. Me, too. And some antiacids. I'm sick to my stomach. eom

[conservaphobe]

2. I admire his restraint. nt

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. Did the judge think her actions came out of nowhere, spontaneously?

This is how men show you they love you

To me, that suggests she was continuing a chain of abuse, and that she herself had gone through some pretty horrible abuse. Is the person (or persons) who turned her into what she now is still out there, abusing others?

[unreadierLizard]

8. I don't really care

what happened to her. She made her choice and now she needs to rot, preferably six feet under, after suffering for a while.

[lpbk2713]

4. Twenty-five years is a light sentence IMO.

Two young victims abused repeatedly over a couple of years?

If there is any justice both of them would have seen their last daylight by now.

[Tumbulu]

5. and why did the man get 25 years, but she got 30?

Thye should both be in for life!

[lpbk2713]

9. No idea.

The article says something about 'other crimes'. It says she took pictures.
Maybe she sold them on the internet?

[Tumbulu]

14. Could be.....

[NickB79]

16. Well, she was their mother

So you'd expect she'd protect her children rather than assist in their their rape, so there's that.

But yes, I agree they should both get life without the possibility of parole.

[Tumbulu]

6. My question is why was the man given a lighter sentence than the woman?

Glad to see that they got long sentences, but why is his sentence shorter?

[dsc]

10. without reading the case as I am in a hurry

my best guess is that she took pictures while he didn't.

[Chan790]

19. Probably that he pled first.

That's a standard tactic...first one to plead gets a lighter sentence in exchange for testimony against the other. While they probably had sufficient evidence to obtain convictions, it would be preferable to have the testimony of a conspirator in order to spare the child victims from testifying.

[Terra Alta]

11. 25 and 30 years isn't long enough

for these two monsters. My friend is sitting in a federal prison right now with a longer sentence than that just for selling some drugs. These two should never see the light of day again.

[Blue_Tires]

12. I like how her defense lawyer was trying to force the kids

to testify on the stand...Is that even legal?
http://www.macon.com/2014/08/06/3236487/lawyer-statement-of-woman-accused.html

[Yavin4]

13. I could never work for Child Protective Services, and I admire the people who do it well.

I cannot even begin to imagine the horrors of that job.

[NaturalHigh]

15. These people should never have the chance to live in society again.

[MoonRiver]

17. I've said it before and I'll say it again, humans are a grotesquely BAD experiment of nature's

for this latest tidbit of horror.

[Ruby the Liberal]

18. Good for him

She is beyond nasty skanky. I hope those girls are getting the therapy they need.

[Laelth]

20. I've appeared at hearings before that Judge.

Generally speaking, our Judges in Bibb County, Georgia are quite good. That one, the Honorable Howard Simms, is not my favorite. He escaped one or more DUI convictions by wielding his office as a club. Nevertheless, on this score, and in this case, I can't argue with him.

-Laelth