An Oregon man, Joseph Washington, will spend a decade behind bars for the brutal punches he delivered to his 20-month-old toddler son, who suffered a perforation to the small intestine as a result.

According to a Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office release, Washington was sentenced to ten years in prison on August 28. A jury previously found him guilty of first-degree assault, third-degree assault, and first-degree criminal mistreatment in connection with the injury he caused to his son back in April 2024.

“The Defendant’s violence nearly killed this child,” Deputy District Attorney Mihnea Moga said. “Despite his attempts to ignore the child’s symptoms and persuading the mother to have the child go to sleep that night, her decision to take him to the hospital saved his life. The

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