Posted on 07/31/2014 7:45:28 AM PDT by Cecily
A Kansas foster father who mistakenly left a 10-month-old baby girl to die in his hot car has been charged with first-degree murder. Seth Jackson's lawyer said that the felony charge was far too strict for his client, who only remembered the baby was inside the car two hours later when something on TV jogged his memory.
'Rather high for a mistake,' attorney John Stang told NBC of the murder charge, which carries a life sentence with a minimum of 20 years in prison.
'I'm not trying to say it's not a horrible loss. The death of a child is an awful thing. But this person is looking at 15 more years than someone who was driving drunk and ran into a car and killed someone.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
A grand meeting of minds, lol! See you at the Ramrod...not. Actually, I worked at Studio 54 as a kid and have memories that still require eye bleach!
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