[RGSpincich]

If you ever want to put ever parent in jail for hitting their child in anger...

Only if they continue to blame the kid for their own bad behavior. Wetting the bed is not an act of defiance. Smacking her around is a proven loser maneuver . He comes to court nearly two years later and tries to place the blame of this child's injury squarely on the shoulders of the child. He shows no remorse and accepts no responsibility for the injury. He has had two years to figure this stuff out and he still doesn't have a clue.

[Demidog]

"He shows no remorse and accepts no responsibility for the injury. "

It's called "not guilty." If you want to equate a not guilty plea with "accepts no responsibility" that's your call. But not everyone is silly enough to buy it as proof of guilt.

How he handled the situation with his daughter (shit happens sometimes) and how remorseful he was is not a matter for the state. We're talking about a one-time event and there is no evidence presented that this incident caused any serious damage.

[didi]

Well, wetting the bed can be an act of defiance. Not a sleeping child accidentally wetting, but perhaps one who is sitting there looking at you and peeing on the bed, or on anything...one of my earliest memories is peeing on a chair when I was almost three, with my dad telling me to go use the bathroom as it was obvious I needed to go - and telling me that if I peed on that chair I would get a spanking. I did, and I did. I'm sure I am not the only strong willed toddler who ever did that.

Of course, I was not knocked down any stairs, and I did not come out of it with a head wound. If they truth comes out, maybe it is something like that.