ISAAC VILLARREAL - 3 yo (2009) - Corpus Christi TX

Alma Villarreal was sentenced to 30 years in prison last Friday for starving her 3 year old son Isaac.
Alma's girlfriend, Vanessa Zuniga was convicted of the same charge and she was given 40 years in prison.
Zuniga's mother, Maria Zuniga was found guilty of a lesser charge and she was given 10 years probation.
Monday, friends and relatives of the three women gathered outside the
Nueces County Courthouse to protest the verdicts and the sentences which they claim aren't fair.
Armed with signs and a simple message, friends and family of three
women found guilty last Wednesday marched in front of the Nueces County courthouse.
Despite the jury's guilty verdict they say they want to let everyone
know their loved ones never starved three year old Isaac Villarreal.
"If we really thought that was happening, we wouldn't be out here
we'd be looking stupid. But we're trying to prove her innocence,"
Vanessa's sister Cynthia Contreras said.
Cynthia Contreras claims Isaac's mother Alma Villarreal tried to get
her son medical attention when he first started losing weight but say
doctors sent the boy home after a few days.
"If they thought they he was being starved then, then they should
have took action, they should have called CPS. They should have done
something before they let him go," Contreras said.
Family and friends argue the jury reached the wrong conclusion when
they were shown these graphic images of little Isaac.
"You can't judge a book by its cover and that's what they did, they
saw the picture of the little boy and they automatically thought they starved him," Contreras said.
Cynthia also believes Vanessa Zuniga and her girlfriend Alma
Villarreal were discriminated against because of their sexual
orientation. And they're especially upset with the way the prosecution portrayed the women.
"A man hating lesbian," Contreras said.
They say they intend to keep protesting until all three women are
released, no matter how long it takes.
"If we can't be heard, here in Corpus, we're going to take it to
higher level and go out of town we're going to do something because it's not right," Contreras said.