They most likely voted for Donald Dumb. We still have courts, pending Donald Dumb's eliminating the judiciary branch of government because it stands to oppose his seeking a third term.
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White couple who forced their adopted Black kids to work as slaves sentenced to over 100 years
Haniyah Philogene
Fri, March 21, 2025
Jeanne Kay Whitefeather is led away after being sentenced to up to 215 years in prison for abusing her adopted children Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Kanawha County Circuit Court in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/John Raby)
“May God have mercy on your souls because this court will not,” a judge told the white couple convicted for abusing adopted Black children.
A white West Virginia couple has been sentenced to hundreds of years in prison after being found guilty of forcing their Black adopted children to work as slaves on their farm.
Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 63, and Donald Lantz, 62, adopted five children between the ages of 6 and 16 from a shelter for vulnerable and homeless youth. Prosecutors say the couple specifically targeted the children because of their race before subjecting them to years of horrific abuse. The children were forced to perform hard labor, deprived of basic needs, and treated like “slaves.”
The abuse came to light in October 2023 after a concerned neighbor called Child Protective Services. When deputies arrived at the couple’s home in Sissonville, they found two of the children, ages 14 and 16, locked in a shed with a portable toilet and no running water. The children told authorities they had been locked inside for 12 hours and were forced to sleep on the cold floor.
Court documents described the children as wearing dirty clothes, and the 14-year-old boy had sores on his feet. A 9-year-old child was found locked alone in the house, while Lantz later returned home with an 11-year-old boy and led deputies to a 6-year-old girl who was staying with family friends. A 16-count indictment accused Whitefeather and Lantz of human trafficking, forced labor, and violating the children’s civil rights. Although the couple pleaded not guilty, they were convicted in January.
“You brought these children to West Virginia, a place that I know as ‘almost heaven,’ and you put them in hell,” Eighth Judicial Circuit Court Judge MaryClaire Akers said during sentencing, per WCHS. “This court will now put you in yours. And may God have mercy on your souls because this court will not.”
Lantz was sentenced to 160 years in prison after being found guilty of human trafficking, forced labor, child abuse, and neglect. Whitefeather received 215 years after being convicted of the same charges, with an additional conviction for violating the children’s civil rights. The couple was also ordered to pay $280,000 in restitution to each victim.
During the sentencing, Whitefeather reportedly apologized to the children, saying: “I just want the court to know that I have made mistakes. I am very sorry for that, and I love my children. I have never, ever done anything to my … children to harm them intentionally. Children, I do love you,” per NBC News.
The children, who now describe their former adoptive parents as “monsters,” are looking ahead to a brighter future.
“I will be something amazing,” one of the children said, per the news outlet. “I will be strong and beautiful. You will always be exactly what you are — horrible.”
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Other White Americans dfrom the backward southern state of Georgia adopt children specifically to abuse them. Mind you, the criminals in both cases are not migrants or immigrants; they're US-born white American citizens.
Former Georgia county commissioner and her husband indicted for abusing their adopted children
A former Gordon County commissioner and her husband have been indicted after being accused of abusing their adopted children.
Rebecca Hood, 50, and Scott Hood, 56, were arrested in October, but a grand jury has now handed up an indictment against them both.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation began looking into allegations of sexual and physical abuse of the couple’s adopted children back in Jan. 2021, when Rebecca Hood was still serving as a Gordon County commissioner.
Rebecca Hood was indicted for cruelty to children. The indictment alleges that she poured coffee on one of their daughters, grabbed her by the hair, pulled her to the ground by her hair, kicked her and called her an expletive.
Scott Hood was indicted for child molestation for inappropriately touching another of their daughters, which the indictment alleges dates back to November 2013.
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