Sounds like she is the victim here, not her daughter. Her life's been pretty much -blam!- ty since she was a kid and this is a reflection of that. It's a shame that she is ultimately paying the price for those around her. She obviously controls her own actions, but the outside influences certainly didn't help. She is not fit to raise children in this condition; however, I don't think jail will do her any good. If it were me personally, I'd give her 5 years of rehab and then an additional 5 of probation afterwards to keep her in check. She certainly doesn't deserve to spend her whole life in jail. But that's just my opinion based on what the story says. Even if there are details being left out, I still think it's unfair that this person is getting the short end of the stick, as jailing her for nearly half a century doesn't solve the problem. It makes it worse. [Edited on 10.10.2012 9:01 PM PDT]