Mom cites religious freedom in beating son, pleads guilty

[TexasTowelie]

INDIANAPOLIS — A mother who cited religious freedom as a defense for beating her son with a coat hanger will serve a year on probation.

After a doctor found 36 bruises on her 7-year-old son, Khin Par Thaing claimed her discipline method came straight from her evangelical Christian beliefs.

Marion Superior Judge Kurt Eisgruber accepted a plea agreement Friday in which Thaing admitted she committed battery when she struck her son in February.

While Thaing pleaded guilty to felony battery, the agreement directed the judge to reduce it to a misdemeanor. In exchange, prosecutors dismissed a neglect charge and a more serious charge of felony battery.

Read more: http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/10/28/indiana-religious-freedom-act-defense/92906838/

[Laffy Kat]

1. Because beating a child is what Jesus would do. nt