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Foster Father is Charged with First-Degree Murder after He left 10-Month-old Girl to Die in ....
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | July 31, 2014 | Lydia Warren

Posted on 07/31/2014 7:45:28 AM PDT by Cecily

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The "it was a mistake" excuse seems to be holding less water with law enforcement these days.
1 posted on 07/31/2014 7:45:28 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Cecily

Get rid of the backseat car seats and get the kiddies up front and see these deaths go down.


2 posted on 07/31/2014 7:46:55 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: Cecily

How on earth do you forget you’ve left a child in your car?


3 posted on 07/31/2014 7:47:05 AM PDT by NRA1995 (I'd rather be a living "gun culture" member than a dead anti-gun candy-ass.)
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To: Cecily

I’ll give you 5 to 1 odds that his main motivation for fostering was to earn cash from the state to buy his next hit.


4 posted on 07/31/2014 7:47:51 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Cecily
Nice couple ...
5 posted on 07/31/2014 7:48:58 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: miss marmelstein

Two fruits. Maybe more to this story.


6 posted on 07/31/2014 7:49:32 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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Parents should be able to put their babies in the front seat. Before airbags babies did not die in hot cars.


7 posted on 07/31/2014 7:49:44 AM PDT by Slyfox (Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
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To: NRA1995

A foster child is just a government paycheck to a lot of people.No emotional attachment to the child.Or perhaps he was high at the time and just forgot.


8 posted on 07/31/2014 7:49:56 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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Is that their wedding photo?


9 posted on 07/31/2014 7:50:56 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Cecily

Is this the one that searched on-line for how long it would take the kid to die while the baby was suffering?


10 posted on 07/31/2014 7:51:12 AM PDT by Ingtar (The NSA - "We're the only part of government who actually listens to the people.")
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There will be outraged freepers who have no memory of the 50s, 60s and 70s chiming in that you don’t know what you’re talking about when it comes to car seats. Out of sight, out of mind. I don’t know the full story on this one, though.


11 posted on 07/31/2014 7:51:46 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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Well fine, then you can charge negligent manslaughter. But first degree murder is a ridiculous. This doesn’t fit the perqs for the definition of the crime.


12 posted on 07/31/2014 7:51:49 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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A Kansas foster father who mistakenly left a 10-month-old baby girl to die in his hot car has been charged with first-degree murder.

The "mistakenly" part is the opinion of the writer, despite her stating it as a fact.

If the jury decides it was unintentional, no matter how idiotic and reckless, then it won't be first-degree.

I can be as absent-minded as anybody. Recently spent 10 minutes looking for the pen behind my ear. But I simply cannot imagine "forgetting" about a baby in the car.

Would also like to point out that "safety" concerns have instructed parents to put the kids in the back seat. Pretty difficult to "forget" about the baby riding shotgun. I assume some at least of these incidents would have been prevented had the kid been in front.

But nobody ever considers that something done to prevent Risk A might increase Risk B. They just around and pat themselves on the back for reducing Risk B.

13 posted on 07/31/2014 7:51:56 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins all the battles. Reality wins all the wars.)
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>> Kadillak

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14 posted on 07/31/2014 7:53:07 AM PDT by QBFimi (/...o.o/.o...ooo/...o.o...o/ooo/...o.o/.o/ooo.//o..o./. o.)
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To: Farmer Dean

I think so. More ‘family’ photos at link.


15 posted on 07/31/2014 7:54:47 AM PDT by TexasGator
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I’ll bet the social workers lined up to hand over kids to these fine fellows.


16 posted on 07/31/2014 7:55:07 AM PDT by madprof98
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To: Sherman Logan

I’m assuming one day they will repeal these stupid laws. How many deaths it will take (including dogs!), I don’t know.

Of course, with two happily married gay men, who knows what went on with this.


17 posted on 07/31/2014 7:55:24 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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Get rid of the backseat car seats and get the kiddies up front and see these deaths go down.

AMEN! Every time I read an account of a tragedy like this I think the same thing! Nanny state government in an effort to protect babies from injury in a car accident created a situation where things like this could happen.

18 posted on 07/31/2014 7:55:58 AM PDT by srmorton (Deut. 30 19: "..I have set before you life and death,....therefore, choose life..")
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To: miss marmelstein

Yours is a good idea - then there will be NO excuse.

But I’m sure the Nanny State will come up with a reason why not.


19 posted on 07/31/2014 7:56:27 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: miss marmelstein

I agree with you 100% !


20 posted on 07/31/2014 7:57:21 AM PDT by Sioux-san
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