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Paula Poundstone's Plea Deal Ends Child Abuse Case

All of this child abuse laden posting of late here on PH reminded me of an incident some time ago.Paul Poundstone was charged with child endangerment and committing lewd acts against one of her kids (foster daughter). Paula Poundstone copped a plea deal to drop the lewd sex acts charges against her and in the plea deal Paula got probation for 5 years for the child endangerment side of equation instead of the 13+ years and being put on some sex offender list. I wonder if this not so stellar example of a foster parent will ever be allowed to be near those children again or any others (future adoptions, etc.)?Plea deal aside, do you folks feel Paula has redeemed/reformed herself from being a pedophile?Should Paula ever be given direct custody of kids again?Entertainer Paula Poundstone, an adoptive and foster parent who has been a fixture on the stand-up comedy scene for 20 years, pleaded no contest Wednesday to one count of felony child abuse and a misdemeanor charge of inflicting injury upon a child. As part of a plea agreement with Los Angeles County prosecutors, Poundstone is expected to be placed on probation for five years but will not go to jail, attorneys said.Had Poundstone been convicted of the original charges, she could have received 13 years and four months in state prison, authorities said.Poundstone was arrested in June for alleged lewd acts and child abuse involving her three adoptive and two foster children.In court documents, prosecutors alleged that she committed a lewd act on a girl under 14, and that she endangered the four other children--two girls and two boys. The crimes were committed between May 19 and June 6, they alleged.