Sense Sonnet - Steamer

The Crime of It All

One year old Rose was pronounced dead.
For two hours, doctors in vain,
Treated injuries to the head.
At last, life left her tiny brain.
Her mom's boyfriend had beat the child.
He confessed that's what he had done,
When her loud crying drove him wild.
They charged and booked him - murder one.
Cause of death had some legal doubt,
And the Court found him not guilty.
He did 90 days, in and out,
For misdemeanor battery.

He beat a baby with his fist.
He got a light slap on the wrist.