No-nonsense judge's incredible courtroom takedown of abusive parents who tried to blame toddler's horrific injuries on their CHIHUAHUA
Circuit Judge Charles Elliott sentenced Lance and Hannah Campbell to life in prison on Wednesday for beating their three-year-old child to the point of hospitalization.
A no-nonsense judge has ripped apart an abusive couple and their attorney in an epic courtroom takedown after they were found guilty of violently abusing their daughter.
Circuit Judge Charles Elliott sentenced Lance and Hannah Campbell to life in prison on Wednesday for beating their three-year-old child to the point of hospitalization, according to reporters present from local newspaper Decatur Daily.
Elliott told Lance the lengthy sentence would give him 'plenty of time to learn what it is to be a man', after eliciting a groveling apology from the defense attorney after he tried to blame the family's Chihuahua for the child's injuries.
Heard in the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama the case centered around the hospitalization of Hannah's daughter in 2021.
The child was taken to Decatur Morgan Hospital in northern Alabama with life-threatening injuries on May 30 of that year, according to an arrest affidavit.
Hannah claimed that her daughter had fallen from the concrete steps of their home in nearby Hartselle, but medics determined that this was inconsistent with her wounds.
She was rushed to Children's of Alabama in Birmingham, where doctors determined she had suffered serious internal injuries, including cuts to her pancreas and liver.
The little girl needed several surgeries and stayed in hospital for a month afterwards to recover.
A no-nonsense judge has ripped apart abusive couple Lance and Hannah Campbell along with their attorney in an epic courtroom takedown after they were found guilty of violently abusing their daughter
Circuit Judge Charles Elliott (pictured) sentenced the couple to life in prison for beating their three-year-old child to the point of hospitalization
At the start of the hearing, defense attorney Kevin Teague asked the judge to consider Lance's poor education history, describing him as a 'slow learner'.
Judge Elliott responded by asking prosecutors to project photographs on a screen showing the three-year-old's injuries in hospital a day after she was injured.
The shocking images showed the girl with two black eyes, a laceration above her right eye, and deep purple bruising across her arms, legs and buttocks.