I got the story about the murder case above wrong--he wasn't an Iraq war vet, but a Gulf War vet. Also, the story has been corrected by the local media now--it wasn't his own flesh and blood (apparently this is supposed to matter?), the boy was adopted.

The newspaper report on it says even the prosecutor was moved to tears by the story of how remorseful the guy was and how he "didn't mean to harm him" when he not once but TWICE threw the 7 month infant down--first time into an empty bathtub, second time onto the bathroom floor for soiling his diaper. He claimed his THROWING a 7 month infant to the floor TWICE was unintentional.

The defense strategy invoked PTSD, replete with the soldier's sob story from the Gulf War, and they had even the prosecutor eating out of their hands.

Plea bargained it down to murder 2, and he'll be out in 8 years.