Woman Kills Best Frined

"Woman sentenced to life for killing friend, cutting baby from womb:"
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/18/justice/massachusetts-sentence/index.html?hpt=ju_c2

Summary
   This article discusses how a women from Massachusetts killed her pregnant best friend by strangling her and then proceeded to cut the baby out of her womb. Julie Corey was convicted for this crime back in 2009. Her murdered friend- Daniel Haynes-was found in her apartment on July 27, 2009. She was 8 months pregnant at the time of the murder and Julie Corey was found in Hampshire with Haynes' baby. DNA testing was done on a bottle at the scene of the crime that linked Julie Corey to the murder. The woman was found guilty in Worcester Superior Court and was sentenced tom life. "The life sentence was mandatory under Massachusetts statutory law" but Julie Corey has decided to appeal.

How this article applies to APGOPO
   This article applies to Article 3 of the Constitution which we are reviewing in class by doing worksheets and playing a competitive constitutional game. Article 3 talks about the different levels of court, she was tried and sentenced in a trials court with original jurisdiction and is appealing to a higher court. It also talks about statutory law. And even though it is not directly talked about in the article is also shows how cruel and unusual punishment is unconstitutional, even though the crime she committed was cruel and unusual she is not receiving the same type of treatment.

My Opinion
   My opinion is that the crime she committed was very cruel and gruesome and that she does deserve to be put away for life in a maximum security prison. I also believe that she can appeal hundreds of times and still be found guilty; after all she was found with the baby of Haynes and DNA evidenced linked her the scene of the crime.