Spalding County parents sentenced in neglect case
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[{'start': '0.080', 'end': '4.480', 'text': 'Today, a mother and father plead guilty'}, {'start': '1.920', 'end': '6.879', 'text': 'in what the district attorney and judge'}, {'start': '4.480', 'end': '9.120', 'text': 'hearing the case call one of the worst'}, {'start': '6.879', 'end': '10.880', 'text': "they've ever been involved with. Good"}, {'start': '9.120', 'end': '13.200', 'text': "evening, I'm Tom Haynes. I'm Courtney"}, {'start': '10.880', 'end': '16.240', 'text': 'Bryant. Christa and Tyler Schindley'}, {'start': '13.200', 'end': '19.199', 'text': 'admitted to abusing and starving their'}, {'start': '16.240', 'end': '22.400', 'text': 'son, only 10 years old, even getting his'}, {'start': '19.199', 'end': '24.640', 'text': 'siblings to choke him and belittle him.'}, {'start': '22.400', 'end': '26.880', 'text': 'Fox has Kevin Stewart is in Griffin just'}, {'start': '24.640', 'end': '29.519', 'text': 'outside the Spalding County courtroom'}, {'start': '26.880', 'end': '32.239', 'text': 'with the details. Kevin, the details are'}, {'start': '29.519', 'end': '34.559', 'text': 'quite disturbing.'}, {'start': '32.239', 'end': '36.960', 'text': 'Yeah, incredibly disturbing. You know,'}, {'start': '34.559', 'end': '38.879', 'text': 'after only one day of testimony, the'}, {'start': '36.960', 'end': '41.120', 'text': 'parents decided they had had enough,'}, {'start': '38.879', 'end': '42.800', 'text': 'pleading guilty to multiple charges,'}, {'start': '41.120', 'end': '44.960', 'text': 'including cruelty to children. Now,'}, {'start': '42.800', 'end': '47.600', 'text': "they're going to spend decades in"}, {'start': '44.960', 'end': '49.600', 'text': 'prison.'}, {'start': '47.600', 'end': '52.480', 'text': 'Christa and Tyler Shenley stood before'}, {'start': '49.600', 'end': '55.760', 'text': "the court asking for grace. I'd like to"}, {'start': '52.480', 'end': '57.960', 'text': 'apologize to all of our children. just'}, {'start': '55.760', 'end': '60.800', 'text': 'want to be a parent and love kids'}, {'start': '57.960', 'end': '63.039', 'text': 'and things happen. And Spalding County'}, {'start': '60.800', 'end': '65.119', 'text': 'Superior Court Judge Ben Coker made it'}, {'start': '63.039', 'end': '67.280', 'text': "clear the Shinley's would get none,"}, {'start': '65.119', 'end': '71.560', 'text': 'sentencing them to 40 years in prison'}, {'start': '67.280', 'end': '74.600', 'text': "and 20 years probation. I'm bound by the"}, {'start': '71.560', 'end': '77.320', 'text': 'Constitution. You better be glad that I'}, {'start': '74.600', 'end': '80.479', 'text': 'am or otherwise I would impose a'}, {'start': '77.320', 'end': '81.920', 'text': 'sentence much like the one you imposed.'}, {'start': '80.479', 'end': '84.080', 'text': 'Jurors would never hear all of the'}, {'start': '81.920', 'end': '86.080', 'text': 'evidence. One told me off camera the'}, {'start': '84.080', 'end': '88.479', 'text': 'little they saw during the first and'}, {'start': '86.080', 'end': '90.320', 'text': 'only day of testimony was enough. The'}, {'start': '88.479', 'end': '92.560', 'text': 'state did not make any offer. There were'}, {'start': '90.320', 'end': '94.479', 'text': 'no plea deals on the table. They plead'}, {'start': '92.560', 'end': '96.240', 'text': 'guilty to every count in the indictment.'}, {'start': '94.479', 'end': '98.720', 'text': 'Police arrested the Shinlays back in'}, {'start': '96.240', 'end': '100.640', 'text': '2023 after a neighbor found their'}, {'start': '98.720', 'end': '102.720', 'text': 'emaciated son walking down the street'}, {'start': '100.640', 'end': '105.360', 'text': 'near their Griffin home. He was 10 years'}, {'start': '102.720', 'end': '106.880', 'text': 'old and weighed just 37 pounds. The'}, {'start': '105.360', 'end': '108.799', 'text': "Shindley's fostered the boy and his"}, {'start': '106.880', 'end': '111.040', 'text': 'siblings in Henry County before moving'}, {'start': '108.799', 'end': '113.119', 'text': 'here. But during sentencing, case'}, {'start': '111.040', 'end': '114.399', 'text': 'workers told the court they did not'}, {'start': '113.119', 'end': '116.399', 'text': 'recommend the state approved the'}, {'start': '114.399', 'end': '118.960', 'text': "Shenley's adoption due to signs of abuse"}, {'start': '116.399', 'end': '121.920', 'text': 'of the boy it happened anyway. There'}, {'start': '118.960', 'end': '126.240', 'text': "were so many people along Evan's journey"}, {'start': '121.920', 'end': '128.560', 'text': 'that tried to help him and no one was'}, {'start': '126.240', 'end': '130.800', 'text': 'hearing them. District Attorney Maria'}, {'start': '128.560', 'end': '133.040', 'text': 'Broer passionately implores people to'}, {'start': '130.800', 'end': '135.840', 'text': 'learn something from this tragedy. Be'}, {'start': '133.040', 'end': '138.959', 'text': 'the heroes that fight for children every'}, {'start': '135.840', 'end': '143.360', 'text': 'day because until we continue to stand'}, {'start': '138.959', 'end': '145.040', 'text': 'up, it will continue to happen.'}, {'start': '143.360', 'end': '147.120', 'text': 'Fortunately, prosecutors can tell us'}, {'start': '145.040', 'end': '149.760', 'text': 'that that young man who survived this'}, {'start': '147.120', 'end': '153.120', 'text': "attack, he's doing much better these"}, {'start': '149.760', 'end': '155.760', 'text': 'days. Reporting live in downtown Griffin'}, {'start': '153.120', 'end': '158.400', 'text': 'in Spalding County, Kevin Stewart, Fox 5'}, {'start': '155.760', 'end': '158.400', 'text': 'News. That is'}]