[BlueLancer]

No, I wasn't insinuating that this was a military offenes. I was simply using the definitions of the principles of sentencing to make a point.

A sentence to punishment for punishment's sake is a valid reasoning for sentencing.

[driftdiver]

“A sentence to punishment for punishment’s sake is a valid reasoning for sentencing.”

Yes it is, in some cases it is not needed. These are usually ugly cases with no intent by the parent. If the parent was willfully neglectful then I could see jail time.

If its a case of stupid I don’t see how 5 years in jail time is worse punishment than the loss of a child. Not to mention the cost of keeping this person in jail for those 5 years.

BTW, would you want to be the person picking which rapist, murderer or drug dealer to let out of jail so you have room for this woman?

[SJSAMPLE]

The rest of us got it.

Good post.