so you suggest she just walk away from this? In NY now, if you run over a cat or dog and don't stop to try and find the owner - its a crime now. but this mother should walk?
Negligence at best. Throwing the mother in prison is not going to 'punish' her any more than the thought of having killed her own child will. It also will not serve as a deterrent. The crime here is that she forgot.
NY has PETA lunatics influencing the writing of law.
The death of any human should be investigated.
But there is such a thing as an accident, where no one is actually at fault.