07-16-2008, 05:39 PM | #41 |
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I agree. I don't know why ER and Lebowski are against criminalizing child abuse.
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07-16-2008, 05:43 PM | #42 |
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Where the hell did I say that?
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07-16-2008, 05:52 PM | #43 |
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Is there something to be said that the prosecution is part of a person's penance, even if they do not go to jail?
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07-16-2008, 06:25 PM | #45 |
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You have way too much faith in our criminal justice system and in the people who administer it.
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07-16-2008, 06:34 PM | #46 |
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I've learned that you have to actually be a parent to have any opinion in regards to whether you think the parent should be held criminally negligent to leave a toddler in a boiling car for hours.
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Aha...
Well, here is the bottom line for me. Negligence obviously covers a wide spectrum. Someone not checking behind the back of the car before backing up is committing a form of negligence, but we are more forgiving because it is a short-term lapse with which most of us could identify. Not watching kids closely around a pool is another example. Forgetting a toddler in a car is higher up the scale, and perhaps some prosecution is warranted in this case, but I think the sentence was appropriate. I just don't see much point in a jail term in this case. This woman will suffer beyond anything you or I could imagine for the rest of her life. Makes me sick just to think about it.
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07-16-2008, 08:27 PM | #48 |
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what about sending a bright kid to WSU because you are too cheap. Is that negligence?
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I mean think about. Leaving them in a car for HOURS.....HOURS......how do you forget in blazing heat that you've left your toddler in a boiling car for HOURS on end? It's grossly negligent. How does one seriously excuse that? I can maybe....maybe see for a few minutes like some people have detailed in here from their personal experiences or from other people they know...but how do you explain away leaving a toddler in their for HOURS? Seriously, I'd like to know. Having said that, I can't imagine the level of grief and personal suffering she'll endure the remainder of her days for her severe lack of judgement. I wouldn't wish that upon my worst enemy.
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