what's wrong with this?

[guyser]

Oh I hear you , and cannot quibble about that.

Just seems that Mom made a poor choice (very) , as parents are wont to do sometimes with less than catastrophic results .

Just seems to me I could name a hundred other ways kids get hurt and mom and dad are not charged.

For instance.....

1) Kid grabs bike from garage, no helmet on and gets munched

2) Kid goes skiing/baseball batting/rollerblading/skateboarding w/o same helmet

3)dad makes a swing with rope that is shitty.

My point I guess is we have at one tme or another used less than our smarts and got away with it. I am not even a parent and I can think of a few times I did not make the right choice for the kids I was sitting at the time. I have seen plenty evidence with my own friends.

She suffered plenty.....I think thats enough.

Her kid died.

I will go so far as saying if a Cop saw the Mom trying this (no accident-no deaths) I would be all for the charge of some kind as a lesson , but after the kid is killed? Seems piling on to me.

Edited August 5, 2011 by guyser

[Guest American Woman]

Oh I hear you , and cannot quibble about that.

Just seems that Mom made a poor choice (very) , as parents are wont to do sometimes with less than catastrophic results .

I agree - and I can't argue with you about that either. But this mother did more than make a poor choice - she broke the law.

Just seems to me I could name a hundred other ways kids get hurt and mom and dad are not charged.

What about instances where mom or dad broke the law and the kids were hurt or killed as a result?

For instance.....

1) Kid grabs bike from garage, no helmet on and gets munched

2) Kid goes skiing/baseball batting/rollerblading/skateboarding w/o same helmet

3)dad makes a swing with rope that is shitty.

Do any of those things involve breaking the law? The helmet examples might in some places - but that's the kids doing it on their own. The mother is the one responsible for her kid being on that media. She put him in that situation. The kid didn't go off on his own, which would be comparable to the examples you gave. In that instance, she wouldn't have been charged any more than in the examples you gave.

My point I guess is we have at one tme or another used less than our smarts and got away with it. I am not even a parent and I can think of a few times I did not make the right choice for the kids I was sitting at the time. I have seen plenty evidence with my own friends.

Again, I can't argue that. But this involves an illegal crossing, and I think that holds a different level of accountability.

She suffered plenty.....I think thats enough.

Her kid died.

What if someone broke the law by driving after having had too much to drink - and they got in an accident where their kid died. Do you think the suffering that would follow would be enough - or do you think the parent should be charged? What if they didn't put their infant in an infant seat where it's the law and there was an accident and the infant died. Should the suffering be enough or should the parent be charged?

I will go so far as saying if a Cop saw the Mom trying this (no accident-no deaths) I would be all for the charge of some kind as a lesson , but after the kid is killed? Seems piling on to me.

I don't think charges should be forgone just because it would be piling on more suffering. That could be applied to so many instances. Too many. I'm not saying I think she should have received a jail sentence, but she broke the law and endangered her child - and he is dead because of it. I can't understand not holding her accountable too.

What if the person driving is suffering from having hit and killed the child? Should he not be charged because of it? If not, why should he be the only one being held accountable/responsible/charged for his actions? After all, neither he nor the mother intended harm, and both thought that they could break the law and nothing terrible would happen as a result ...........