Posted on 07/06/2011 3:53:51 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBSMiami.com) – The outrage over the not guilty verdict in the Casey Anthony trial has reached the Florida Legislature.
Wednesday, Representative Bill Hager, R-Boca Raton, introduced what is being called, “Caylee’s Law,” according to the Orlando Sentinel.
The law would make it a felony for a parent or legal guardian to fail to timely report a missing child in cases where the parent knew or should have known that the child was possibly in danger, the Sentinel reported.
Rep. Hager said that the law will “ensure that parents are held responsible for their actions.” He continued, “It will also assure that we put justice on the side of those among us who are most vulnerable. And finally, it will put an end to the kind of irresponsible and outrageous behavior we observed with Caylee’s mother.”
I’m surprised that this isn’t already in the statutes. That said, this one is a no-brainer.
I guess next your say we should turn our kids over to the state to raise
It would not have helped Caylee...she was already dead. It will not fix anything. Feel good legislation, nothing more.
HEADS UP! Anthony’s attorney on Shep next.
You mean the jury found her not guilty because there was no law specifically addressing her actions?
What she did was already illegal. We don’t new laws for every possible detail of every possible crime.
FS 827.03 (3)(a) “Neglect of a child” means:the proposed Caylee's Law clarifies the above with respect to a missing child.1. A caregiver's failure or omission to provide a child with the care, supervision, and services necessary to maintain the child's physical and mental health, including, but not limited to, food, nutrition, clothing, shelter, supervision, medicine, and medical services that a prudent person would consider essential for the well-being of the child; or(b) A person who willfully or by culpable negligence neglects a child and in so doing causes great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement to the child commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.2. A caregiver's failure to make a reasonable effort to protect a child from abuse, neglect, or exploitation by another person.
(c) A person who willfully or by culpable negligence neglects a child without causing great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement to the child commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
No, there are laws that were broken but with which she was not charged. The jury had no lesser charges to consider. See #24.
So we need another law that she won’t be charged with?
“If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.” There’s no way to make sure that jurors “don’t believe that CSI is real”, but we can pass laws that may protect a few children.
“If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.” There’s no way to make sure that jurors “don’t believe that CSI is real”, but we can pass laws that may protect a few children.
Yup - these laws enacted in response to highly emotional events always have serious unintended consequences and are often abused and selectively enforced.
Arizona has a long list of horror stories because of unintended application or abuse of these kinds of “zero tolerance” laws.
Good Idea.
Oh please - the Prosecution did NOT f-up! They hit hard with everything they had. This law would at least keep that murdering bitch off the streets since the stupid jury couldn’t connect the dots. The only reason she isn’t getting the death penalty is the body wasn’t found in time to get a cause of death - that is all - not the fault of the Prosecution.
On the second day of selection, I was chatting with a fellow juror who happen to be a law enforcement officer.
He told me that before the end of the day we would both be off the jury (I am a middle school teacher).
He was right by the end of selection every teacher, law enforcement officer and women with children were taken off the jury by the defense.
As a side note, I read later the guy was found not guilty.
IIRC, in Colonial New Hampshire, a couple of women were the first
people to be executed in NH.
For concealing the death of an infant.
We should make a law prohibiting covering a child’s mouth and nose with duct tape.
We should make a law prohibiting putting children in the trunk of a vehicle.
We should make a law prohibiting using chloroform as a babysitter.
We better get busy writing some new laws. It’s just too bad that there was nothing illegal about what was done to Caylee.
Why another law? so they can acquit somebody else of another law. The aggravated child abuse statute already makes it a crime to act in a way that causes harm to your child. The jury ignored it. Many freepers ignore it as well. So just WTH is the point?
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