Just because we can't prosecute the shooter? Yeah, I'm sure these parents haven't quite lost enough. They'll feel much worse in jail. That'll fix 'em, and sure be a lesson to... to... somebody...?
Yeesh.
They certainly didn't parent like they had something to lose. A 3am curfew for a 14yo girl? Nuts! My 17 yo son has a midnite curfew. Period. I value his well-being and safety more than his social life.
No, because they committed neglect.
And, if convicted, it would send a message.
They'll feel much worse in jail.
They probably will, since they don't appear to have very well-developed consciences.
When you're a parent you'll understand exactly how egregious their conduct here was.
Even if I was such a bad parent that I let my daughter stay out to 3 am, I would have been out looking at for her when she was still not home at 7 am.
they basically took the attitude of: "Our 14 year old daughter never made it home last night. C'est la vie. Maybe I'll have pancakes for breakfast."
Perhaps a message needs to be sent to all the other stupid parents who let their children to go to DRUG parties because "at least I know where they are." Yes, I witnessed the mom make this statement on a TV news interview last night and I was dumbfounded at utter level of stupidity and blatant disregard for her daughters well being.
Jail will make me feel better. Parents need to stop turning their children loose on the neighborhood because they are too lazy to parent or they are incapable of believing their child could ever do any wrong.
Had she not been murdered, what are the odds that she'd have a child out-of-wedlock and get onto welfare given what we know about her activities as a 15 year old?