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The 34 year old father of three smirked as he posed for the mugshot above in 2007. It was his 2nd shot taken after he was arrested charges stemming from him beating his infant son to death three years earlier.
Assistant District Attorney Dalia Racine said both Edetanlen and his wife beat their 5-month-old, his 1-year-old son, and his 2-year-old daughter back in 2004, resulting in the death of the youngest child.
His defense?
Spare the rod… spoil the child…
[Sidebar: ...but what about "Thou shalt not kill"??]
Details below…
Edetanlen recently appeared in court where he faced murder & cruelty to children charges stemming from the beating death of his 4 and a half month old son.
According to the AJC, he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of involuntary manslaughter and several counts of child cruelty.
Edetanlen’s defense is that he follows the word of the bible to the T. Especially, Proverbs: 13, which teaches parents to “Spare the rod. Spoil the child.”
Prosecutors say he went too far and his brutal discipline killed his 5-month-old child in his home back in 2004.
In his defense, Edetanlen’s attorney told the court his client loves his children and in no way meant them any harm.
“We are asking for 18 years to serve,” Racine said, and the judge agreed.
On Wednesday October 10, 2012, (8 years after the incident), Benjamin Edetanlen was sentenced to 18 years in prison for beating his infant son to death.
His wife also faces a charge after she allegedly did nothing to stop the abuse.
As part of his plea deal, Edetanlen was ordered to stay away from his other two children once he is released from prison.
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What the fawk?! They gone get his ass in prison…literally
Someone needs to, this is freakin ridiculous. WtF could a 5mth old do to b punished?! they need to, "sit around and whoop his ass!!!" (color purple vc)#Disgusted
And people need to stop using God to justify their evil. That Bible verse does not mean beat your child. It means if your child does not want to listen to your words, you can use a little force. A little tap on the legs, butt, or hands is enough to get your point across. They were only 5 months, 1 year, and 2 years. Is a 5 month old’s eyes even open yet? Lol. *Sigh* This is why people don’t want anything to do with Christ.
That’s the same exact thing I was thinking. What does a 5 month year old do to be punished? This bastard is sick and lock her up as well for not doing anything to prevent it. I would never be able to live with myself knowing my child is gone and it was something I could have done! Sick people in this world…
I get so tired of these sorry ass beings (does not deserve the title parent or father) murdering babies and children. Quit making and having kids if you can’t handle the pressure and responsibilities that comes along with it.
this makes me so sad when people who want kids cant have them and these bastards are out here killing and abusing the kids they are blessed with.
Right! I mean give the baby to somebody else if you don’t want to take care of it. Drop it off at a hospital, something.
You said something very interesting. You said "kids they are blessed with". Why would God or nature allow for the worst kind of people to breed in abundance and those that would make good parents suffer infertility? Now I see why looney asses like this dude keep doing what they are doing. They feel God and nature is on their side. Now IMO, that bible verse was put in there by some white man. Whtie folks love to beat on their kids and black folks just copy that mess.
Im sure baby Jesus was a normal rambunctious child wanting to do his will and run around and not be still. But I betchu he never got beat. There are other forms of discipline that don’t involve abuse. Only the less inteligent beat on their kids till the point of causing scars or death.
People need to quit hiding behind the Bible. If you want to do dirt don’t act like God got your back.
Thank you. These people kill me quoting verses from the bible and some of the ones doing that are the ones that you really need to watch out for because those are actually the snakes from the pit seething out venom. I hate saying this but there are so many snakes in the church and as soon as you walk in them I can hear the hisses and ready to strike.
Ok! Ain’t nobody told him to do this but the devil. I wonder what church they go to. Lol…
How can punishing a 5-month-old child any way be justified? Using the bible to defend that is even making wors.
Not only…but why it take 8 years to finally convict and sentence his ass? This whole thing is just disgusting and sad. That poor baby died not knowing why and feeling horrible pain. Breaks the heart.
At some point had he read his bible he would have known that the quote "Spare the rod… spoil the child" is NOT in the bible at all. This line actually comes from a poem written by a Pagan who was talking about a woman not a actual "child".
As a child I remember hearing Pastors and people in general use this line as an excuse to physically discipline children thankfully as an adult I know better and therefore dont allow such quotes to dictate how I deal with my child. The devil is very real and is here to steal, KILL and destroy. So there is the original origin and I pray that our community can stop following the devils planted words and seek GOD’s truth.
Actually it is in the bible,Proverbs: 13 verse 24…..
the quote "Spare the rod… spoil the child" is NOT in the bible at all.
"Spare the rod, spoil the child" is actually a Benjamin Franklin quote. Prov 13:24 says, "Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them." I don’t equate "discipline" with "BEATING" especially for a 5 month old baby! This story makes me soooo sad!
Ben Franklin?! Nope…17th century poem by Pagan Samuel Butler called “Hudibras”. In the poem, a love affair is likened to a child, and spanking is commended as a way to make the love grow stronger. The actual verse reads,
“What medicine else can cure the fits
Of lovers when they lose their wits?
Love is a boy by poets styled
Then spare the rod and spoil the child.”
The idea was that the absence of periodic spankings in the relationship will spoil it. Further on in the poem, women are said to desire a good spanking more than an assortment of lovely ribbons.
I agree with everything else that you said though Lena.
That verse says "Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them."
And notice how it says "CAREFUL" to discipline. That means you gently punish, not beat till they die.
Can they also give him so "special" kool aid to drink while he’s in the clink that will sterilize him from having anymore children…this will only happen again…don’t look crazy you know they have stuff like that
or perhaps big bubba will get hold to him and turn him into a #$%^^& that way when he come out he won’t really want to have children
STERIZATION SHOULD BE MANDATORY FOR ALL MEN ABUSING/OR KILLING CHILDREN!!
Well, if you want to get technical, the quote "spare the rod, spoil the child" doesn’t appear anywhere. The quote from the original poem Hudibras by Samuel Butler is "Spare the rod, Spill the child". So there.
Ummmmmmmmmm that is what I said check my original comment…so yes it "appears" somewhere. I think if more people research the the practices behind all of this they will be shocked to see that GOD has never been behind them sparing the rod…
Lol
What possibly could a 5 month old do to even deserve a spanking period???
I think a 5 month old is just starting to hold it’s head up! My friend just had a baby a few days ago and she is just thrilled. So to hear this story today is just incomprehensible.
You are right..a 5 mth old IS just starting to hold it’s head up and that was probably the problem! Not to make light of this by any means, but that abhorrent BASTARD probably saw as infant steadied it’s eyes,the baby’s detest in barely focusing on WHO it’s "DADDY" was.
And another sad thing is this thing won’t even serve 8yrs! He’ll be hooking up with another unsuspecting woman to repeat the same thing cause women don’t do background checks. They will go to work and leave these jobless demons laying up in their homes with children from previous relationships.
I’m so sick of people saying that specific quote is in the Bible it’s not it’s in a poem. it basically says if you spare the rod of correction you hate your children but if you love them you discipline them. I’m just saying quote it verbatim. This whole chapter is referring to those that know better, that are wise, kids that little don’t know any better, they have to be taught. If he lives the Bible to a "t" then he needs to read all of it and get understanding because he totally misinterpreted and should be butt raped.
Oh I’m reading the other comments now LOL I’m glad we know what it really says because honey many others have no idea they just go along with it.
this dude has issues and he cant blame this on no bible verse
I hope they rape him.
@ Vay thanks for sharing and clarifying. I did not know where that phrase came from but I was right in that it was a white man. YOu can always trust the white man to come up with some fool ass cryptic nonsense. That poem sounds gay. Love is a boy? What kind of name for a poem is that? GAYYYY!!!!