Georgia Babysitter Gets Prison for Shaking Infant

(Gwinnett County, Georgia) A 45-year-old babysitter, Kaniz Fatema Jahid, pleaded guilty yesterday to shaking a crying infant in her care, causing the 2-year-old to go blind and become brain-damaged.

Jahid's plea came because she didn't want to face a jury and the possibility of more severe punishment.

Jahid apparently had no patience for a colicky baby.

For the conviction of aggravated battery, Gwinnett Superior Court Judge Timothy Hamil sentenced Jahid to 10 years in prison and 10 years of probation.

The child, Shayan Huda, is in bad shape, suffering as many as a dozen seizures a day.