Protection of society from the wrongdoer;
Deterrence of the wrongdoer or those who know of his/her crimes from committing the same or similar offenses,
Rehabilitation of the wrongdoer,
Punishment of the wrongdoer, and
(Applicable to military courts only) Preservation of good order and discipline in the military.
Now, I will grant you that only one principle would apply in a case such as this, and that would be punishment only. I am not saying that hard jail time would be necessary, but rather some punishment should be required ... how about community service in the form of being required to go to post-natal clinics in the area and explaining what occurred to new mothers, to possibly have enough impact on them to ensure that they don't do the same ... or some other community service such as that.
Prison and jail time isn't the only punishment that was available in this situation. But not prosecuting the woman for her negligent act is not the answer either.
This woman is already doing similar work on her own to raise awareness of the problem.
Prosecutor’s offices have budgets. Prosecutions cost money. Would you rather have them spend their budget on intentional violent criminals or on non-violent accidental offenders?
Hmm I read the article and don’t see where this happened in the military. Further the military uses the UCMJ and its members are outside the US Constitution.
With the Navy Seals and Haditha we can see how well the military justice system works.
She’s already doing that on her own. There is a network of people who have done the same thing and they are working on the issue. But there’s isn’t a target audience. People don’t think this will ever happen to them. All they can do is go public and say “It happened to us and it can happen to you”.
One of the freepers in a previous case blamed tinted windows in the back of minivans and SUV’s.