child. she admits to being high on heroin, and severely beating her 3-year-old son. when he was brought to the hospital, he was covered in bruises, had bite marks on his thigh, and one eye was swollen shut. doctors also discovered he had a lacerated liver, likely caused by blunt force trauma. when i am high on heroin, it is like anything triggers me. i ll just go off. i mean, i could be sitting next to someone. if some little thing irritate me, i ll start screaming, i mean, like on attack mode. it s it is scary. basically, i chose that drug over my kids. and they probably have a better life without me. sanchez s son has recovered,
i don t see me ever seeing them again. ever knowing about how they are. who they re with. if they re okay. sanchez says the only way she has been able to cope is by holding in her emotions. now she fears she will not be able to show them at all. not even to the judge, who is about to sentence her. the judge expects me to be, i guess, looking remorseful. i mean, because i am remorseful. you know it s hard for me to show my feelings especially in here. i haven t cried for a long time. or since i have got here. i just, i can t. i can t do it. a short time later, sanchez arrives at the bear county courthouse. all rise. please have a seat, everyone. please have a seat, good morning. josie sanchez. yeah. the case that she stands before you, we are asking you to kid probation. sanchez s lawyer argues the violence against her son was the effect of heroin, and now she is clean. and no longer poses a threat. she has never been in the
the stress of his case may be taking a toll tin other ways to. day, phillips is eating a regular meal instead of his usual diet plate. and topping it off with a second helping. anything it better than the diet trays. in the women s wing of the jail, josie sanchez s case is drawing closer to a conclusion. she admits to brutally beating her 3-year-old son while high on heroin. sanchez, recently signed a plea deal and today will receive her sentence. she doesn t know what it will be. but she at least knows the worst case scenario. i was signing the papers on a 14 year cap, you know it wasn t a lifetime. it felt like i was signing my life away. it is a good deal. compared to five to 99. though sanchez can be sentenced to a maximum of 14 years in prison and could also be released on probation. it depends on the judge. the da is opposing probation. so she wants to give me a sentence. she wants to give me time. sanchez has also relinquished custody of her three children. they are
system before. i believe she will never be in the system again. do you have anything to say? yes, sir, i know what i did was a horrible thing. and if i could take that day back, i would but i can t. i mean, there s no possible way. i mean there s not a day that goes by that i don t think about my kids knowing that i am never, ever going to see them again. it s hard to let it out. because i feel if i do let it out, i will have no control over it and i will just break down. this is somebody has chosen very poor. i am asking the court to allow her a pass to allow her to seek help. i will sentence her ten years. give her credit for time served. good luck, ma am. thank you. sanchez s sentence of 10 years in tdc, texas department
what makes it an suv is what you can get into it. [container door closing] what makes it an nx is what you can get out of it. introducing the first-ever lexus nx turbo and hybrid. once you go beyond utility, there s no going back. josie sanchez is in a state of limbo at the bear county jail. she was recently sentenced to ten years for brutally beating her 3-year-old son while she was high on heroin. good luck, ma am. sanchez will soon be transferred to state prison to begin her sentence. but for security reasons,