Baby Grace

On July 24th, 2 year old Riley Ann Sawyers was severely beaten with leather belts, had her head shoved in the bathtub, was grabbed by her hair and thrown violently across the room slamming her head in the tile floor fracturing her skull in 3 different places. After her slow and painful death, she was wrapped inside a trash bag and thrown into a plastic container and left in their garage for up to 1-2 months. The body was thrown into the Galveston river and found by a fisherman about 5 miles from Galveston causeway. Mother, Kimberly Trenor, and Trenor’s husband, Roycle Ziegler, were arrested and charged with injury to a child and tampering with evidence, and bail was set for each at $350,000. Ziegler attempted suicide a week ago by overdosing on blood pressure medication and anti-depressants, he left a note stating that his wife had no part in committing the crime. I think that is crap, the mother did play a role in the murder of Riley because she just sat there, maybe also helped, while her own flesh and blood was being brutally murdered. What mother would allow her husband to murder her child that she carried for 9 months inside her? Trenor was 19 and had Riley at the age of 16 with her high school sweetheart, Robert Sawyers. About 8 months ago they broke up and Trenor got full custody of Riley and fled the states to Texas because when the couple was in court fighting for custody no lawyers were present to appeal for a relocation clause.
I think this article is just depressing. What has gone wrong with mother’s these days? And kids for that matter? It seems that it is now going to be somewhat common to find the murder of an infant or child by the parents or vice versa, death of parents committed by their kid. The thought of grabbing my mother or brother in that kind of way terrifies me. I could never bring myself to lay a hand on my mother or father. And even though I am not a parent, I still can’t see myself laying a hand, trying to kill her in that way. I hope both of them are convicted to a life sentence. If they don’t then you just have to question, what’s happened to our law system?

In agreement with "Innocent People That Die on Death Row In Texas"

I agree. Ok yeah there is a lot of executions to be done so people will want to get them over with, but I also think that if they are not 100% sure whether the criminal is completely guilty then a clemency should be given, and the case should be given another look at. There have been cases where after the execution has taken place that they tried the wrong person! If there is no doubt whatsoever that the person they are trying is the wrong person then I say go for it, I mean not necessarily the death penalty but no clemency is really needed. I am probably saying this now but when I am actually in the situation I'm sure my opinion will change...but I don't think they should always give the death penalty. I think they should give the life sentence more because that gives them actual time to think of what they did and the price they're paying for it, whereas just flat out killing them they don't really have time to reflect on their actions...! Is it also our right to take people's lives away? Isn't it's God's decision when it's time for someone to go "home"? Depending on how you look at it the death penalty could be considered suicide...I just don't think it's our right to take the life of another even when they should have their life taken away for the horrible things they committed. Anyways since the law isn't going to change and since the death penalty is still going to be given then they should set the execution day at least 5 years after the crime so that way the case can still be looked at thoroughly and they can make sure they have the right criminal, and they have five years to reflect their actions. All in all I agree with Mag that Governor Perry should grant more clemency.