Summary

A West Virginia couple, Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Lantz, received prison sentences of 215 and 160 years, respectively, for forcing their five adopted Black children into slave labor.

Authorities discovered the abuse after a welfare check revealed children locked in a shed without water or sanitation.

The couple, charged with human trafficking, child neglect, and forced labor, targeted the children because of their race.

The court ordered them to pay $280,000 in restitution each.

      • _cryptagion [he/him]
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        124 months ago

        Jim Brown

        Hmm, I could have sworn I wrote John, but I guess I fucked that up. Doubly so, because I’m a big John Brown fan, and even have a sticker of him on my laptop that says “I don’t argue with people John Brown would have shot”.

        • @greenhorn@lemm.ee
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          104 months ago

          Jim Brown was a prominent civil rights activist though, so not an unfortunate mixup