Posted on 11/13/2018 2:56:30 PM PST by ETL
Edited on 11/13/2018 5:26:37 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]
Pro-choicers should be thrilled. They only think SOME babies “deserve to be chosen”. The always-slippery slope means the next step is un-choosing older children. Punishing this woman would be a blow to the “progressive” democRat cult of death.
Or her phone.
Maximum fine was $300. Would that have made anyone happy? Would that have made you happy?
The jury had already said she didn’t do anything wrong.
Who cares if I am happy? A $300 fine might make her think before she acts/concentrate, though.
We don’t know all the evidence. It’s entirely possible that the DA grossly overcharged in the case. Having been a judge, a prosecutor and a defense counsel, I’ve seen that juries generally have a way of getting to the nut of the issue. The occasional jury nullification notwithstanding.
How many child deaths in hot cars are because we are now MANDATED to put the child in the back seat, instead of in the passenger seat where the kid can easily be seen?
Forcing kids in the back seat where they are not as visible is stupid.
Why are you blaming the judge? The jury acquired on manslaughter. At that point the judge couldn’t do much more than issue a fine. It’s that whole “jury of your peers” thing. Now as to the jurors...
I wonder if the judge’s instructions to the jury regarding what defined manslaughter lead to this travesty? Confusing instructions from a judge do cause bad verdicts.
How in the heck can anybody be so STUPID??? She must go around in her little world with her head where it don’t shine!
I would think that FAR fewer kids die due to being forgotten in the back seat of a car, than would die due to the increased risk of being in a front seat.
That said, maybe booster seats and / or rear seats could offer an alarm such that if occupied, and the car is turned “off”, an alarm sounds. That should be doable for under $10, retail price. Technically, several approaches would be feasible.
1000 hours “community service” for this “caregiver” to go to churches, concerts, etc., to briefly describe her error and promote said safety device. Only the actual appearance in front of the crowd counts, not travel to, etc. Yes, it would take a lot of guts.
Indeed. Good thing it was just a child. I'm guessing they are marking it down as a 29 month abortion?
Sir, that was my point I suppose- the jury is the decider of fact. Bottomline- the child died because the woman left her in the vehicle after dropping off her own kid- not sure how a jury concluded that she was not (criminally) negligent to some degree- the minor nontraffic ticket that judge found her liable for not withstanding.
Correct me if I wrong, but negligence does not require intent, if it did then it would be a homicide of some sort...
You are correct, the standard for negligence is that someone knew or should have known that a particular action or failure to act would lead to a particular consequence and performed (or didn’t) the action anyway.
It’s not a baby, it’s a large blob of tissue. So, a post-partum abortion is justified. Taking care of the “blob of tissue” is such an inconvenience. /sarcasm
The message is in the firmware. They are updating that firmware all the time. You could probably arrange for custom firmware to display “Don’t forget your baby” - there might be a charge for that.
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