SURVENT

I guess some people will do anything for a buck. I cannot fathom harming anyone intentionally in an attempt to scam someone for money, let alone a child or even worse, my own child. William Allen Cunningham from Atlanta, Georgia did just that however.

A father accused of poisoning his children's soup in a scheme to sue the Campbell Soup Co. was indicted on tampering and fraud charges, authorities said.

The children, a 3-year-old boy and his 18-month-old sister, were taken to hospital emergency rooms three times in January.

According to investigators, their father fed them tainted soup each time. On the third occasion, authorities said, he used the prescription drugs Prozac and Amitriptyline -- both used to treat depression -- making his young daughter so ill she was flow by helicopter to an Atlanta hospital.

U.S. Attorney David Nahmias said Cunningham wanted to get money from the manufacturer by claiming its soup caused his children's illnesses. [CNN]

First of all, use a drug or chemical that could possibly find its way into the soup during the manufacturing process, not a prescription drug. With all the FDA regulations companies like Campbell's face, good luck on that. Second, do not try it as it is ridiculous to think a ploy like this would work anyway.

The article stated that if convicted on all the charges brought against him, Cunningham faces up to 75 years in prison. Make it life with no parole and I would be in support of that. I also say they need to serve him tainted soup every now and then so he knows how the kids felt.