Let's try to have a serious discussion.
In 1955, my state of New Hampshire had 6000 beds for mentally ill people. Today, we have 135.
And in case you don't get out much, there are a hell of a lot more crazy people now than there were in 1955.
We are nowhere near San Francisco level madness in public, but our hospital ERs and jails are close to bursting with madness.
Failure to plan is planning to fail.
The moral culpability of the perpetrator of attempted murder is the same as that of a murderer. That the child in this case was not killed by a train was due entirely to the bravery of a bystander. If the perp intended death to occur, she should be penalized as if it had.