[Guenevere]

#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.

[Stone Mountain]

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

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

So she intentionally left her kids in the car with the windows cracked. This alone isn't sufficient for a charge of murder. It seems clear that although she was negligent, she didn't intend for her kids to die. This is the distinction between murder and manslaughter. With murder, even second degree murder, there must be an intent to harm. As far as I can tell here, manslaughter is the appropriate charge - manslaughter is when someone dies as the result of an reckless or negligent action that one takes.