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Mom charged with negligent homicide in tot's heat-related death in Layton
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Isn't it ironic that you need a licence to drive a car, permits to carry firearms, but any idiot can be a parent.
Life is hard, get a helmet. Thats why we have a justice system. The child needs justice. Hopefully people will wake up and realize its blazing hot outside and no one, not even pets or fruit should be left in the car.
I do not belive this woman needs any more punishment by the state than she will give her self for her actions have caused.
But something has to be done to alert parents that it will kill their children to leave them in the car unattended in the heat- maybe if charges are filed the public will start to get the picture.
But I think the difference is, animal abuse is usually committed by people who don't care, or who think that its okay to run over a kitten or toss it out of the car. They don't have a moral compass with regard to the treatment of animals.
But all except the most callous would argue that this was anything but a hugely unfortunate accident, that this woman does not believe that babies are lesser beings without the same feelings as adults, and therefore worthy of lesser attention.
So, yeah, it was awful, criminal and negligent. But we don't need the law to teach her a lesson. (as opposed to the jerks who deliberately harm animals or people)
All that said, I also don't understand how she could have possible left her child alone that long unless drugs or alcohol were involved....
Don't you people have any mercy, empathy, understanding, or compassion at all? What makes you think that inflicting additional punishment on this woman, would accomplish a thing with the rest of society? There will always be absent-minded people out there doing dumb things, and you can bet that none of them will remember this event as a fore-warning for themselves. It will not be a deterant for others. How could it? We all do unintentionally stupid things - some things just result in greater "natural" consequences than others.
Lastly, I would be concerned about the rest of her family - especially the other children. Other than this tragic event, she's probably a pretty good mother. I'm happy that the prosecuting attorney is not seeking that she serve any jail time.
With that said, I do believe that she should be charged. Though I do not believe that the mother was simply self centered, if this can serve as just one extra reminder for parents to take care of their children in the heat, if it can save one more poor child from suffering such an agonizing and painful death, I am all for it.
I pray for this mother and her family. They are going through and awful time right now and it will only get worse for them while this woman is on trial. I don't know if charging her was the right thing to do or not, I don't have all the facts and I probably never will.
What if she is guilty? Do a few tears make you a beleiver? Do you beleive movies when you watch them? I forgot my Child for two hours and it DIED! Two hours? Yeah thats normal for a good parent, she should be punished!
Because of so many of these unfortunate incidents, it is truly impossible for any reasonable person NOT to know that leaving your child in a hot car is dangerous.
Charges not only should be filed, but MUST be filed, and this fact needs to be publicized as far and wide as possible so that any other stupid people (who haven't the reason to qualify to be parents) don't do the same thing.
I think licensing of parents is a good idea. People who are so stupid should not have the right to create children!
Sounds like a mother needs to be locked up, plain and simple!
People are in more of a hurry to get their groceries in the house than their children.
Why are people so overloaded? People come first.
This should be a lesson for all of us for one not to judge and two to think before we leap out of the car and get the precious cargo in first.
She will suffer enough. Let the courts handle it. No one needs rocks thrown at them regardless of how tragic this is to see, and especially for this young mother regardless of her negligence.
Forgiveness and healing as you know...she will never get over this...
Let us all remember too...to think twice.
I'm not sure this is all an "innocent mistake"
Maybe if she had multiple kids and was bringing in the groceries or something. But she went into her friends house "for a few hours". Either she forgot she had brought the kid with her (negligent not criminal). Or she knew she left the kid in car and figured he would be fine. (cruel and probably criminal). Maybe she thought the windows were rolled down or the air conditioner was running but in 4$ gas thats very unlikely. And in near 90F heat the windows down is clearly a bad idea. That said either the air or windows is criminal for the span of a few hours.
We have a courts system, let it work.
And may her tears save us from tears.
I don't know this woman, but I know that in condemning her, we condemn ourselves. Every one of us can look back and see the sad consequences of choices we've made. Thank God most of us haven't had to lose a child to atone for them.
It's easy to point at a woman we don't know and demands she pays. I don't know what her legal consequences should be, but I do know this...
More justice can be served with love than hate - in whatever forum she's tried in. Even this one.
You are right!
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