A 29-year-old Ohio mother is headed to prison for binding the hands of her two young children and shoving each of them down a flight of stairs, later telling authorities she considered it “normal discipline.”
Daisha Phillips was sentenced to two years in prison Monday after she pleaded guilty to two counts of child abuse. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Patrick Dinkelacker said he considered imposing a stiffer sentence but ultimately said he would honor the agreement between prosecutors and defense attorneys, according to a courtroom report from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
“This one will stick with me for a while,” he told the defendant. “These children will never be able to enjoy the childhood they deserve because of their mom.”…