Gov. Taft Reduces Sentence for Baby Killing

Gov. Taft decided that a woman who killed and threw her baby in the trash was sentenced too harshly. The 15 years to life in prison sentence given to Rebecca Hopfer was reduced Thursday by Gov. Taft to 11 years. Consequently, she is immediately eligible for parole.

The Governor is also being requested to reduce the sentence for another baby killer, Carin Madden, who is serving a life sentence.

My take is that the Governor's actions seem to be trending toward making infanticide a misdemeanor and there's nothing is going to convince me that this is a good trend. Murderers should be treated harshly.