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How about shame on Kamilyn?
You can't tell me people are ignorant of the dangers of leaving kids in cars. If they are, maybe they shouldn't have kids.
If I kill a baby by forgetting to feed it, is that any less of a crime? killing a baby is criminal.
The law is on the books for a reason.
Kudos to Troy Rawlins!
While, at first, I was inclined to agree with those who advocated no charges, I ultimately could not overcome the fact this lady left her child in the car for two hours. Surely, at some point during those two hours, she thought to herself, "where is my child?" If she consciously chose to not tend to her child, punishment is more than appropriate for reasons of public safety and public welfare. If she neglected to think of the child altogether, punishment is more than appropriate for the same reasons DCFS would take a child from an abusive home.
I don't know the mother and am not suggesting she is, in fact, an abusive parent per se. Nevertheless, her duties as mother were redisent when it counted. As a society and community, we need to - with full regret and no joy at all - hold her accountable for her actions or, rather, inactions.
Jail may even help her emotionally. She will be hurt and hollow the rest of her life.