Examples Of Ethical Incident In Beatrice

This unethical act happened within Beatrice, on December 31, 2009. Jayla Hamm, 18 at the time along with her boyfriend Corde Honea, 19 at the time duct taped Hamm’s 22 month son to the wall. They continued to photograph the incident. They were “high after a night of partying” the cops reported.
It is believed that when they taped the toddler to the wall along with the 2 year-olds favorite sippy cup, just out of reach Hamm and Honea were high on drugs. They also continued with the little boy’s torture with locking him in a dark closet. It is to be said the couple did it out of entertainment, and found it funny. In a “family portiat”the parents are smiling while holding the toddlers hands up while being duct tape shut. However one friend did not find it as funny, coming to the toddlers rescue asked to borrow the camera and took it to the police to report it. When the police also found drug paraphernalia and 20 stolen firearms in open reach for the 2 year-old. …show more content…
It’s hard to believe this young mother only got 10 days in jail and two year probation. She was also sentenced to attend drug counseling, and a cooperating witness in a trial against Honea who at this time was out on bail during the incident. Hamm was also allowed to serve her time during weekends so it didn’t interfere with her and her son. It’s unbelievable that she got off lightly for allowing her son to be put though that and allowing her boyfriend to do that. Honea on the other hand didn’t get off so lightly, he got 36 to 60 months behind bars for intentional child abuse. He also got caught on a burglary and was sentenced to another 24 to 60 months, then again for the possession of a stolen firearm. He was sentenced 12 to 24 months for