She had it coming. Shandrell Banks received a life sentence in the state of Georgia for ruthlessly killing her 2 year old daughter, Nateyonna Banks. In 2006, Nateyonna passed away from blunt force trauma to her head. All of this came amidst controversy within the Division of Family and Children’s Services. The department decided to let the child stay with her mother despite her mother’s extensive drug history and emotional problems.

States are constantly bickering over the issue of what are the “legal and appropriate” conditions to remove a child from his or her parents. As with the recent child seizures in Texas, sometimes those boundaries are given a double take.