Posted on 08/01/2019 8:42:08 AM PDT by SMGFan
Prosecutors aren’t pursuing a criminal case against the dad who said he forgot he left his 1-year-old twins in a scorching car, where he found them dead after returning from work, according to a report.
Juan Rodriguez appeared in a Bronx courthouse, but the district attorney elected not to put the case before a grand jury at this time, according to WABC.
His next court date is Aug, 27.
Rodriguez was charged Saturday with two counts of manslaughter and two counts of criminally negligent homicide for the Friday deaths of tots Phoenix and Luna.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
It’s not murder . we’ll disagree on this of course.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. But apparently some people want, need or demand that it be something more. Yes, this response was meant for you and while it may seem a non sequitur, it is not.
It’s actually possible to do that.......otherwise these wouldn’t be happening.
I am not arguing that he shouldn’t have been sentenced, tried and given jail. My only point is regardless of all that, IF the man really has a conscience, he will live haunted by what happened all his life.
It’s depraved indifference and/or manslaughter.
If you understand the power of the brain memory system then you will understand that this can happen ‘to anyone’..
Dr. David Diamond is a neuroscientist and professor at the University of South Florida. He’s studied memory for 40 years and spent the last 15 researching how parents and caretakers lose awareness that a kid is in the car...
“We’ve got this brain system that puts us into an auto pilot mode and it’s really convenient. It means that there are so many things that we don’t have to think about as far as where we’re going, how to drive and it takes over. It allows us to go from point A to point B with almost no thought,” Diamond said...... we need to get out of that kind of mode and realize the power of our auto pilot system. It has nothing to do with your love for the child; It is the power of the system to make you lose awareness of the child in the backseat of the car.”
He says this can happen to anyone and points to a survey of parents of young children where 25 percent admitted that at some point they forgot their child was in the car.
Again, so what?
if they find proof that he was into hanky- panky that day, will they be able to try him?
So what? Two chldren are dead. Adults expect competence from other adults charged with the responsibiity for infants and children. If he had run over two complete stranger children with his car by accident, he would have been charged with manslaugher.
Yep, I hope they keep a close eye on him and see what he does.
Reminds me of the Darlene Routier case here in Texas from a ways back, so was seen smiling and spraying “Silly String” over the graves of the kids she murdered (AFAIK she’s still on Death Row).
They won't if they don't bother to investigate, that much is certain. What is certain is that he acted negligently regardless of intent, and two children are dead. To think their lives don't deserve justice is to think the law deems children the "property" of their parents. If they were someone else's children he was transporting, he would face charges.
Consumer reports also have articles on ‘How and why” these happenings 0ccur... as do plenty of others who have investigated and researched why this happens who also agree with that article......
“He didn’t kill his children.”
Two little babies are dead due to his actions or inaction’s.
Call it negligent homicide or whatever you want, the result is the same, they are dead.
Definition-KILL
cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).
“her father was killed in a car crash”
synonyms: murder, cause the death of, take/end the life of, do away with, make away with, assassinate, do to death, eliminate, terminate, dispatch, finish off, put to death, execute; M
So what? Are you saying you have postive proof that he wasn’t drugging, drinking, hung over, or coming off a bitter fight with his wife or in-laws? If what you claim is so overwhelming that the law shouldn’t matter, everyone would be doing it. But everyone isn’t. But many people are slipping into a self-involved universe of emotions, self-indulgence, constant texting and denial of responsibility; and you are not helping.
I think you are wise.
A co-worker decided he was living in a rut. So he decided to alter the sequence of his getting-ready-for-work regimen. He did and only realized he had not shaved until he got to work.
It’s hazardous to alter muscle memory and habit. Habit can take over too easily.
Crap on your stupid cover story.
And probably smile because he got away with murder.
I am sorry but despite what good hearted people would like to believe you don't forget you have two children in your care.
What a crock of bull squat! This guy is getting away with murder.
I'd say he didn't forget they were in the car, but that he forgot that he did not drop them off.
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