Let me ask all in good natured debate:)
How would you have felt if it had been your kid/grandkid she accidently shook to death?
Jails should be, IMO, punishment for breaking the laws of the land. Murder, even if accidental is breaking the law. Jails, IMO, should not be rehabiltation centers, but PUNISHMENT.
Becky
If she actually caused the head injuries from shaking the baby, that's criminal. Everyone knows that shaking a baby is a sign of losing one's temper and can do great harm. I thought it was shown to be possible the baby might have fallen back on the stair or in the tub, and not shaken. Like I said... I barely remember the case.
Obviously we'd be crushed if it was our child, but that is why juries are persons not personally involved. There can't ever be satisfaction if it is your child. There is no fairness or closure in punishment, much as they try to seek it there.
I would want her to fry probably but that's understandable I think from a family viewpoint and why we have courts. IMO she should have been punished. Was 9 months enough? I don't know. I differ a little from hair on this case because unless she has had a change of heart she has a hx now of violence and agressiveness when things don't go her way. A child died.