GUILTY WI - Sharon Staples, 34, pregnant, killed in Milwaukee robbery, 7 Aug 2011

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Sharon Staples, 34, was killed early Sunday morning (7 Aug) after she refused to give her purse to the two armed robbers. Staples was four months pregnant. Staples left behind seven children ranging in age from 4 to 13.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/1...ng-pregnant-woman-in-wisconsin/#ixzz1V0Ec0i84

Milwaukee police are asking the community to help catch the killers of a pregnant woman. 34-year-old Sharon Staples was gunned down in a robbery near 37th St. and Lisbon Ave. in front of her 13-year-old son. We talked to that son and others in her family who want police to catch the criminals.

Police say the shooting happened on the street around 5:30 a.m Sunday morning. The woman's son says they were looking to catch a bus home.

http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-20110808-pregnant-mom-shot,0,988824.story

Sad sad story . . . what is our society doing? :banghead:

They have arrested three teens !!!
 
Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn announced Friday that three teenagers have been arrested in connection with the homicide of a pregnant woman Sunday morning. Two of the three boys -- Malik Merchant, 15, and 16-year-old Mical D. Thomas, the accused shooter -- are being charged as adults.

"The arrests today, I think, conclusively prove that the juvenile justice system in the state of Wisconsin is irretrievably broken. And it is the police department and a victimized community that are left to pick up the pieces," Flynn said.

http://www.wisn.com/news/28850036/detail.html#ixzz1V0FXrVz1
 
From September 2013:

http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/an-epidemic-of-life-sentences-b99105818z1-225589852.html

In the Staples case, Malik Merchant, Mical D. Thomas and Jimmy Scales each were sentenced to between 25 to 30 years for their roles in the 34-year-old woman's death. Borowski... handed out the longest term to Scales, who was 18 when he was sentenced.

Borowski pointed out that Scales was out on probation at the time of the shooting for a reckless homicide conviction. "Yes, Mr. Scales is a menace to society, he's a menace to Milwaukee and he's a danger to everyone in this community," Borowski said.

"What they did was unforgivable, and what we don't see is the unintended consequences for their actions," Borowski said. "You have innocent children who were split up. Some moved to foster care. And they will grow up without their mother, and that's hard. Very hard."
 

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