God save us from loving and devoted mothers.

 

In Wales, Sara Ege, 33 years old, beat her 7-year-old son with a stick over a time period of several months -- until he died -- because he didn't memorize his assigned passages from the Quran. She then burned his body to conceal the evidence.

 

Judge Wyn Williams sentenced her to 17 years in prison for this egregious crime. He said she was a "devoted and loving mother." I have to wonder if a mother who beat her little boy to death because he didn't memorize his Bible verses would be described as "devoted and loving."

 

"Son's beating death draws 17 years." The Dallas Morning News; January 8, 2012; p. 12A.