Hannah Overton's Judicial Tragedy: When autonomy assaults theonomy

On September 12, 2007 a jury in Corpus Christi, TX convicted a godly woman, Hannah Overton, to life imprisonment without parole for the death of a child she and her husband were adopting. The facts of the case and the testimony of numerous people closest to the Overtons maintain her innocence as do I. This judicial tragedy is the inevitable fruit of an autonomous view of law as opposed to a theonomic view that exalts God's law as expressed in Scripture. Every Christian parent in America should be very concerned about this verdict. This woman was made out to be a religious sociopath by the prosecution. The local Christian community is rallying behind her now to free her from prison, to have the case thrown out in appeals. What happened in Corpus Christi could have happened in any American city. A judicial system not governed by God's law is a tyrannical entity. Presently, a godly mother of five young children is in jail with a life sentence without parole which is worse than Charles Manson. I am seeking to inform Christians throughout the nation regarding this tragedy and to rally support to bring about true justice according to God's law.