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."
I know how egregious it was, and yes, a 3am curfew for a 14yr old is ridiculous.
But what's also ridiculous is thinking that some civil infraction can possibly "send a message" to parents when having a daughter brutally killed somehow does not.
The side issue of why these people were out on the town doing whatever it was they were doing may be fun and interesting to talk about, but it is just that: a side issue. The perp in this case was *going* to explode somewhere.
It could have been another party, or a school, or the mall, or any one of thousands of places at any time of the day or night. These kids, whoever misspent and ill-parented they may be, did not *cause* this event. They were a target of convenience and it could have been anyone, anywhere, any time.
If it makes you feel better that you're a smarter parent than they are, then swell. But I tire of these demands for government parenting by proxy. I don't think we would find the state to be a better parent, even than these fools.