CREDIT: Shutterstock A criminal case out of Tennessee involving a mentally ill woman, a dead baby, and a controversial plea bargain has reignited debate around the use of sterilizations as a bargaining chip in negotiations, particularly when they involve poor defendants. Jasmine Randers, 36-year-old woman at the center of the case, had been charged with neglect after the mysterious death of her five-day-old baby during a trip to Tennessee.