[ohioconservative]

Slap on the wrist.

[ohioconservative]

AP really likes to mention "SUV" or "sport utility vehicle."

[kendu]

Camden says it all, you know what goes on there, its the armpit of NJ

[thoughtomator]

Who needs abortion when you can commit manslaughter against your own kids and get off scot-free?

[NYCVirago]

If you want to off your children, leaving them in a hot car to die is the way to go, if these slap-on-the-wrist sentences are any indication. It's yet another story that proves that if Susan Smith had simply left her kids in a dry, hot car instead of drowning them in the car, she'd be a free woman today.

[frog_jerk_2004]

AP Headline: SUV that kills children gets slap on the wrist.

[nothingnew]

Just Damn.

Some people are truly unworthy of one of Gods greatest gifts. His Son wept.

FMCDH(BITS)

[Damagro]

Slap on the wrist


He's union member in good standing. Nothing to see here move on

[fortheDeclaration]

"Strothers drove to a medical building for help after witnesses told him the boys were in the back of the vehicle."

It sounds like he didn't know they were there!
Incrediable!

[Wally_Kalbacken]

We had an interesting instance of this in Atlanta - a woman left her profoundly disabled child in  a car on the top deck of a parking ramp in a hot day - for perhaps 8 hours. I don't think she's been sentenced yet - but in the time it took to come to trial and a pre-sentencing hearing she has had another out of wedlock child. I think the case was pretty obvious that she murdered the child in the car - probably because the child was disabled. Just turns your stomach.

I'd love to see the statistics on how many parents do this kind of stupidity each year. There is a lot of publicity associated with it and that makes you feel it is somewhat more common that it really is. I do not have children - but among everyone I know who has children they are everything and there is not a moment of this kind of unconsciousness on the part of the parents.

My wife saw some professor from UC Berkeley on morning television a few weeks ago trying to explain away the fact of his having left his child in the car to die in similar fashion. He was arguing for safety features (sonar based) that would not allow you to walk away from an occupied vehicle without getting an audible reminder. If cheap enough - maybe this is a good idea. If the instance of mindless parent assisted homicide by use of a hot vehicle is as rare as I think and the technological fix is as much as I think - it will not be an efficient use of resources. Nailing these parents to the wall would be far more effective.

 

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

And he gets how much insurance money for his murders?