developmentally disabled. she then began thinking the boy was the antichrist. after she attempted suicide, doctors told michael maxon not to leave his son alone with valerie. the murder happened in june of 2006 when michael left for an hour and a half to go grocery shopping. four years later he has been convicted of intentionally abandoning his son but his attorney is expected to appeal saying his client should only have gotten probation. >> i think it will send a message that parents are being held perhaps to an unreasonable standard. >> let's bring in former federal prosecutor jay fahey and also defense attorney rebecca rose woodland. let's talk about the prosecution of this first. jay, unusual? >> it's very unusual. i don't know be of any case in the country like this. we've seen a lot of parents that do something to their child. there's indications that they have mental illnesses, but