What crime would you have had the mother charge Lanza with?
“What crime would you have had the mother charge Lanza with?”
“Assault”, “Assault with a deadly weapon”, etc.
Actually, liability for one’s children’s acts exists now. If it could could be proven she deliberately concealed her child’s mental illness, a jury well might award damages because she prevented diagnosis of a “danger to public health and safety”.
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