“Hey, you could go camping and “lose” your child by “accident” and get off scot-free.”
So we punish parents for any child that gets lost???
Face it, I can probably point out negligence in the loss of any child. The question is “What do you hope to gain by punishing the person for an accident?”. All it will do is cost us money to house her for a few years. Nothing will change except we will have to release a gang-banger or DWI offender to make room for her. I don’t see what we hope to gain. There was no willful intent so I don’t see what we expect to change.
We have a madman on the loose that killed two college kids just outside of town. I’m worried about that.
But that’s just it. How do you prove or disprove intent?
We had an incident here just a couple of days ago.
A 15 year old boy went hunting with his dad and his uncle.
Uncle heard a rustle in the bushes and shot his nephew in the back and killed him. It was most likely unintentional.
Should he be punished? I think so.
ok, so if I am driving down the road...look down for a moment and run over a child killing it...is my being SORRY enough? Or do you prefer I be punished for a mistake I didn’t mean to make?
Yes, I’m well aware of the murder of the 2 kids from VA Tech. As I have posted before..this lady was on HOUSE ARREST which I found just fine under the circumstances as there are other children. MY PROBLEM IS NO CHARGES AT ALL. How about involuntary manslaughter? I’m not saying this wasn’t involuntary...but as I said..if I accidentally ran over a child and killed them...according to your logic, I should not be punished as my saddness would be punishement enough, correct?