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Do you think she should get therapy, probation and/or classes on anger management and parenting, or do you think she should get jail time and/or the permanent suspension of her parental rights? Here is the article for those unfamiliar with the case: Mother arraigned in video beating; lawyer says she will probably plead for mercy Mon Sep 23, 5:02 PM ET By TOM COYNE, Associated Press Writer SOUTH BEND, Indiana - A woman caught on videotape allegedly beating her 4-year-old daughter in a department store parking lot will probably plead guilty, her lawyer said Monday. Madelyne Gorman Toogood, 25, was arraigned on a felony charge of battery to a child, and a magistrate entered an innocent plea on her behalf. Her attorney, Steven Rosen, said there was no point in trying to challenge the surveillance videotape in court. 'I don't think there's anything, any expert of any degree in any type of credibility that can do anything about that tape. It is what it is,' he said. 'We will probably enter a guilty plea and throw ourselves on the mercy of the court,' he said after the arraignment. Earlier Monday, a Probate Court judge ordered that Toogood's daughter, Martha, remain in foster care and gave child-protection officials two weeks to recommend who should care for the girl. Her two other children are staying with family. If convicted, Toogood could get up to three years in prison. She faces a hearing on Oct. 7. The mother of three had no comment as she left court. She remained free on $5,000 bail. 'People might think I'm a monster, but I've been a mother for six years, and no harm has come to my children before this, never,' Toogood told CNN earlier Monday. 'I'm sorry. That's all I can say.' A doctor examined the girl and found no medical problems and no long-term signs of abuse, authorities said. Toogood told reporters Sunday she hit her daughter in the head and back and pulled her hair but did not punch her. On the video of
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