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Title: SC Mom Accused of Killing Sons Remorseful
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abcnews.go.com/
URL Source: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=11427289
Published: Aug 20, 2010
Author: By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Writer
Post Date: 2010-08-20 02:26:52 by HOUNDDAWG
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Views: 308
Comments: 37
SC mom accused of killing her 2 sons, staging accident The mother accused of suffocating her two young sons and trying to cover it up by staging an accident says she is remorseful and has been speaking with the family minister, her attorney said Wednesday. "She's tearful, as anybody would be under these circumstances," defense attorney Carl B. Grant said after a brief hearing. "She's been very sad, very remorseful about all of this stuff, all of the allegations." Orangeburg County Sheriff Larry Williams has said 29-year-old Shaquan Duley expressed little remorse when she confessed Monday to killing her two young sons, ages 2 years and 18 months. Duley, who is unemployed, told authorities she smothered the boys after a fight with her own mother, who badgered her about her failures as a parent and inability to provide for her family financially. She first told investigators the boys drowned after her car plunged into a river early Monday morning. "She truly felt, 'If I don't have these toddlers, I can be free,'" Williams said. About 80 relatives, friends and curious onlookers attended Wednesday's hearing, Duley's first court appearance since she was charged with two counts of murder. Her family has largely kept silent about her arrest, but before the hearing, her sister said she think Williams' portrayal of events has been fair. "I don't feel that he's dragging my sister through the mud," she said outside the home she shared with her mother, sister, niece and nephews. "I actually feel that he's speaking fairly compassionately on her part." Adriane Duley said her family has been too overwhelmed by the media attention to do day-to-day tasks such as taking out the trash or getting the mail let alone grieving and planning two funerals. "I've had enough," she said. "My family needs their privacy." Shaquan Duley's mother, Helen Duley, told a Columbia television station that her daughter is a loving person who became overwhelmed.
Poster Comment: Remember Susan Smith? The horror of what she did, releasing the brake and allowing her car and her kids to roll off a boat ramp still leaves me with ice crystals on my heart and a deep, aching sadness whenever I recall it or see her children's pictures. Unlike Shaquan Duley's babies Smith's children were still alive when she sent them into deep, dark cold water still strapped in their car seats. As awful as this may seem, I'm actually relieved that Ms. Duley suffocated hers before sending her car off a bridge into a river. She'll get life, too, and may even enjoy the company if not the sympathetic mentoring of the older and seasoned inmate, Smith. South Carolina is a tough place to be a poor baby, especially if Mom has issues. Perhaps Smith and Duley can start a movement and bring the spotlight to bear on the issues that compel young mothers to kill their children. Is it a cry for help that we don't hear? Do these crimes argue for more sex education or less? Do men with no use for ready made families (or girls who sweat excessively in places they shouldn't oughta) abet these murders with our conscience-free libidos? Susan Smith didn't blossom into a full figured gal until after she was jailed. It would appear from Duley's mugshots that had she succeeded in slipping the noose she would have had a long stretch of dieting ahead of her, if like Smith she did it so she might get herself a man. Which makes me wonder, is losing weight (Duley) or keeping it off (Smith) just expecting too much of moms with two babies? Could these four dead children be victims of a steady stream of images that foster low self esteem and steady diets of processed foods with high sugar content? Is it worth risking life in prison because some men believe that big girls are like mopeds?
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#5. To: HOUNDDAWG, all (#0)
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Yeah right. Look up "ghetto loster". Here's a start: www.newnation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74228 When I would go into their homes I would see a pot of water on their stoves, simmering. Nothing else but water, no pasta etc. It was common to see this. I never asked why they did this, but now I know. Perhaps scalding their hellspawn makes them remorseful too? Susan Smith is evil. This nigger-in-question is typically impulsive. WTF, it blamed its mother for it all. You can't compare the 2. .
What does race have to do with this murder case? Nothing. Your knee-jerk reaction to automatically assign blame to her race shows a shallow, simplistic, ignorant and narrow-minded mentality. It's boring and disappointing.
with all due respect to both parties of this point of contention, who i consider both friends, (internet friends, at least),i would like to bring up some points. instead of just suggesting that wud bozo you, psusa can address his points. does race include innate tendencies such as violence? i think certain traits may be along with races, yes. very vast topic. Is one race superior in the eyes of God? No, i disagree. Each human has a soul & free will, created in the image & likeness of God. This includes 'niggers, kikes, chinks, white trash, ragheads, Wops, etc.' aside, i see psusa's recent racialist posts as a somewhat new thing which i didn't notice in years past. i have no problem w/ separatists, although i am not one.. i respect each's right to conscience. but to contend that a race is 'sub human', i disagree. name calling doesnt bug me, as the PC Leftie type go hysterical over nonsense like that. to be honest, i find it comical when psusa & jethro rant about 'niggers', since ive seen plenty of them, (contd
I'd rather he(?) and anyone else just bozo me or just ignore me. I (and others) can explain myself to white guilters like him til the cows come home and it wouldn't do any good. So, instead of trying, I just tell them to fuck off, in so many words. It's just so much easier to do that. .
#15. To: PSUSA, wudidiz (#12)
What makes you think wud is a "white guilter?" Just because he does not believe that race is uniquely associated with this type of crime, is that why you label wud a "white guilter?" I agree with wud. Does that make me a "white guilter", too?
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest"She's tearful, as anybody would be under these circumstances," defense attorney Carl B. Grant said after a brief hearing. "She's been very sad, very remorseful about all of this stuff, all of the allegations."
#7. To: PSUSA, HOUNDDAWG, scrapper2, Original_Intent, christine, *Nigger Haters* (#5)
nigger-in-question
#9. To: wudidiz, psusa, hounddawg, original_Intent, jethro tull, lod, christine, cynicom (#7)
#12. To: Artisan (#9)
instead of just suggesting that wud bozo you,
Replies to Comment # 12. I (and others) can explain myself to white guilters like him til the cows come home and it wouldn't do any good
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