White Couple Who Adopted Black Children To Use As Personal 'Slaves' Sentenced

White Couple Who Adopted Black Children To Use As Personal 'Slaves' Sentenced

"May God have mercy on your souls, because this court will not." Those were the scathing words put forth by Circuit Court Judge MaryClaire Akers of West Virginia to white couple Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Lantz. The couple adopted a group of five young Black children, and they were each convicted of multiple charges for abusing the children and treating them like slaves "for years." They first adopted the children from a shelter for …