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I think you've hit on what the differential in the cases should be.

The woman who had her hair done, knowingly left those kids in the car. That adds up to murder in my book.

However, this woman in the story claims she thought she had dropped the child off at daycare, so it doesn't look like she intended to leave him in the car.

The difference would be the same as in a pool death of a child. If the child was thrown into the pool, yeah, that's criminal. If the child wandered out of the house, and happened to fall into the pool, then I'd call it an accident.

Truth is, most parents at some point in their life have lost track of their kids. (Even Mary and Joseph lost track of Jesus and later found him in the temple.)

My folks left one of us at church one time, and didn't realize it until they got home. I lost my son in a store once when he was small, he was hiding in the clothes rack. (my favorite Mercer Mayer kids book is "Lost in the Mall", where the child, after wandering off comes to the conclusion that his mother is lost in the mall.)

So the cases would have to be discerned on intentional neglect vrs. accidental, IMHO.

#6...You've said it well!

So therefore, why did they reduce her charge.

How can one NOT intend to kill their children when they leave them in a hot car for 3 hours?

This case just makes me livid.

And yes, unintentional mistakes can be made with children.....like you said, we've ALL done that at least once.

But this wasn't unintentional......she even rolled the windows down a bit, from what I've heard.

"...this woman in the story claims she thought she had dropped the child off at daycare, so it doesn't look like she intended to leave him in the car."

"Gee, I didn't know the gun was loaded."
How in the world could she THINK that she dropped the child off at daycare? Does that mean that she's having hallucinations strong enough to make her believe that she made the stop at the daycare, exited her car, removed the child from the child-seat, walked into the daycare, handed her child over to the care-giver, walked back to her car, got in her car, started her car, and then continued with her journey?

If that's the case, she needs to be committed to an asylum as a danger to herself and the rest of society.

The woman who had her hair done, knowingly left those kids in the car. That adds up to murder in my book.

However, this woman in the story claims she thought she had dropped the child off at daycare, so it doesn't look like she intended to leave him in the car.

Lemme see ... the first woman is an airhead 1st class, the second one is an airhead 2nd? class .... and you'd be what? ;-)

>>However, this woman in the story claims she thought she had dropped the child off at daycare, so it doesn't look like she intended to leave him in the car.<<

This is the biggest crock of !@#$ I have heard in my life, except for all the other murderers who somehow "forget" their kids to bake to death in cars.

Sprout a few brain cells, people. Quit being so damned gullible.

Truth is, most parents at some point in their life have lost track of their kids. (Even Mary and Joseph lost track of Jesus and later found him in the temple.)

You reminded me a a very strange case when I was living in upstate NY in the early 90's. A man left his child in a child carrier on the roof of his car, then took off down the freeway. The child carrier blew off the roof, and slid perfectly, right side up, down the pavement. Not a scratch or a bruise on the kid. Amazing.