TODDLER ALLISA (16 Mo.) BEATEN TO DEATH & JUDGE VANDERBECK HANDS DOWN A SENTENCE OF "ONLY" 77 DAYS: JUSTICE IN INDIANA IS REALLY BLIND.

THE KUHNS REPORT

LAS VEGAS - Hello America, and how is the world treating you?


Here's one for the books. A juiced in judge in Topeka,  Indiana , a town of about 1000 residents gives a person that killed an infant "only 77 days" in jail.

Four years ago, March 28, 2009  the toddler Allisa Guernsey (16 months) old  was brutally beaten to death by babysitter Christy Shaffer, the babies cousin.  Shaffer was the "only" person caring for the baby at the time of its death. Allisa was so badly beaten that she had bruises all over her face and  body; lacerations on her lip; a broken arm; and the infants hair was "pulled" out of her head. The medical examiner said that the toddler's mouth had been smashed in by a fist. The baby was so mutilated that the photos of her with her injuries looked like she was a rag doll. Christy Shaffer  really did a number on this 16 month old.

The medical examiner  classified the  baby's death as a  "homicide" but when it came time for sentencing Christy Shaffer pleaded down the  homicide to a much lesser charge, that being, "neglect of a dependent." Shaffer could have got 20 years for the crime but lo' and behold judge Scott Vanderbeck gave her 10 years and believe it, (he suspended six (6) of those years) - - AND THEN, believe it or not the judge went even further and reduced the four year sentence to - - GET THIS! - -Seventy-seven days. Yep, (77) days. Why?

Christy's father was very well established and very well known in smallville, USA. In fact he was the Vice-President of  the Farmers State Bank. He was what one would call the BIG FISH in the pond. In fact,  when Judge Vanderbeck was asked by the media why he only gave Christy Shaffer 77 days for the cruel, inhuman death of little toddler Allisa his comment was: ' I know Mr. Spunger, he has been on some Boards with me - - I know  he's got a good heart."

Talk about a conflict of interest. Wow! I would think judge Vanderbeck would have removed himself from the case but apparently being so close to Christy's father, one of the most prominent citizens in this small town he made the decision to give Christy a pass.

When the city prosecutor Jeff Wible was asked if he asked judge Vanderbeck to recuse himself because he was on such good terms with Christy's father all he said was; ' The judge should not have given her that little time." but he failed to answer the question as to if he himself queried the judge in the case. To me and others it looks as though city hall officials as well as the judiciary wanted to pacify Christy's father and let her off the hook.

I wonder why people in the state of Indiana isn't crying out for the justice due little Allisa. To their credit there is a group that started a petition for justice for Allisa and to date, to my knowledge  there are 100,000 people across the United States that want justice to prevail.

My question is: What about the state's Attorney General taking on this matter? Even the feds. Judge Vanderbeck's actions and ruling in Allisa's case smells to high heaven. I would urge  everyone in the state of Indiana to march on the Capitol and demand a complete and thorough investigation by the state and/or the feds. I could see judge Vanderbeck being put under the microscope and investigated as to the extent his relationship with Christy Shaffer's father and how much that played a part in reducing prison time that could have been 20 years to  ONLY 77 days.

Personally, I would think that judgeVanderbeck should be thrown out of office, if for nothing else than making a mockery of the justice system.If this crime occurred in any other city this BIG FISH, and his juiced up friends working for the city and judiciary in this small town wouldn't even be a minnow in the scheme of things. Judge Vanderbeck, city attorney Wible and Christy's father should be ashamed of themselves. In fact, all of the lawmakers in the state of Indiana should be ashamed.- In closing, I am sure that somewhere out there on the Internet there is photos of the horrendous injuries that Christy Shaffer inflicted upon this toddler. Folks, search and see and then ask yourself how a sitting judge and city attorney could  rationalize a sentence of 77 days in jail. The irony is Christy Shaffer is still out there with all of that anger she took out on little Allisa. And, that's my opinion. Make your own decisions. You decide.

Bradley W. Kuhns, Ph.D., O.M.D.
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