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Updated: 10:52 PM Jun 22, 2010
UPDATE: Joshua Werner Receives Maximum Sentence for Severely Abusing Two Month Old Daughter
It was a crime that was originally blamed on a family dog, now a Wisconsin Rapids man is sentenced for severely abusing his two month old daughter.
Posted: 11:06 AM Jun 22, 2010Reporter: Diana Normand Email Address: dnormand@wsaw.com |
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It was a crime that was originally blamed on a family dog, now a Wisconsin Rapids man is sentenced for severely abusing his 2-month-old daughter.
25-year-old Joshua Werner will spend the next 9 years behind bars and 7 years on extended supervision.
"The abuse that I put my daughter through was wrong, there is not a day that goes by, that I do not think about what I did," says Joshua Werner.
Joshua Werner spoke in court, apologizing for the harm he caused to his 2-month-old daughter.
She's now 2, and suffers from injuries to her arms, legs, eyes, and spinal cord.
That's why the prosecutor asked the judge for the max sentence of 9 years in prison.
"This defendant needs to know how seriously wrong this conduct was," says Attorney Craig Lambert.
Werner's attorney says his client was abused as a child and the stress of becoming a first time parent caused him to do what he did.
"He was ill-equipped to manage the situation," says Werner's Attorney, Richard Bender.
But the judge said that's no excuse for harming his daughter.
"That does not excuse that behavior, that should more clearly than ever ward off this behavior, that should more clearly make you aware of the damage you could cause to that child," says Judge James Mason, "I don't want anyone to come before this court again considering that is a valid excuse or explanation."
Werner's attorney says the child is staying with a caregiver.
Latest Comments
Nine years??? This is a Mockery. What a sad joke. Life without parole would be more fitting.
Sterilization should be a part of the sentence.
Nine years isn't enough, put him in prison for every bone that was broken/fractured! 22 years.
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