what in hell is wrong with this picture? why is this not going up for manslaughter? she forgot her child but

Question

this is still murder right???
No charges in baby death: reaction from Arcade
ARCADE - Outrage and understanding in the town of Arcade Tuesday, one day after the District Attorney chose not to charge a mother who left her baby boy in a hot car for nine hours. When she came back, she found him dead. Heather Welch of Arcade told News 10NBC, "I would show him my child and say how can you not punish her?" Welch is the mother of three-month-old Allison.I definitely think she should have been charged," said Bob Aldridge of Arcade.
"I think it was a right decision," said Phyllis Renik of nearby Yorkshire. People have opinions on both sides. "I think the poor lady is going to have it hard enough as it is," said Shirley Lewis of Holland. "She's going to have this to face all her life that she forgot her baby." Lynn Brol left her five-month-old son Brayden in the back seat of her Buick Rendevous while she went to work at Pioneer Credit Recovery. She was supposed to drop at daycare.

i do not think there was nothing with in the head but it made me sick to think she is getting away with it too!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Okay, how could you forget your baby? This is just wrong...

Answer 2

Stimpson's got it wrong and so do others who say a man would be punished worse.

Here is the article with the research:

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=642744

The psychology of this phenomenon is only beginning to be studied to understand.

'No way I would forget'
It's easy to forget your keys or that cup of coffee on the roof. But a child?

The awful truth, experts say, is that the stressed-out brain can bury a thought - something as trite as a coffee cup or crucial as a baby - and go on autopilot. While researchers once thought the different parts of the brain worked in conjunction with each other, they now realize that different portions dominate at different times.

"The value of the item is not only not relevant in these competing memory systems," said memory expert David Diamond, an associate psychology professor at the University of South Florida. "But, in fact, we can be more complacent because we tell ourselves, 'There's no way I would forget my child.' "

Nationwide, about 60% of cases where the child was left unintentionally result in charges. But policies vary wildly from one jurisdiction to the next.

Answer 3

I agree that the prosecutor probably made a poor choice, but since that decision is not a judgment, it can be revisited without violating the prohibition on double jeopardy, Charges can also be brought by a different agency. Wait and see. This is probably not over in terms of legal consequences for the mother.

Answer 4

I just read an article about this very subject. It said that mothers are less likely to be harshly punished, whereas dads and caretakers are more harshly judged. Ironically, the article also said that the death rate of forgotten children in cars increased dramatically when the law was made that children need to ride in the back seat. People simply forget them.

Answer 5

Well, if it happened as she said, that she forgot, then yes it would be manslaughter if the District Attorney chooses to prosecute her. It seems after investigating, he found that it wasn't necessary. How awful would you feel if this happened to you? I know when I was a young mom, I was often sleep deprived and felt distracted. My kids are fine, but accidents happen all the time. People aren't perfect. It is tragic, but punishing her isn't going to bring the baby back. It would be totally different if she left him in the car cause she had no one to watch him or something ridiculous like that. This was just a tragic accident!!!

Answer 6

i can't believe they didn't charge her they would of hear

was she mentally ill or very young were there some kind of special circumstances

my daughter is a year old and i could not imagine doing that to my sweet Elise i am outraged at this. If it would of been me i know they would of nailed me to the cross and let the crows pick at my carcuss

Answer 7

Sad, very, very sad and irrsespnsible to leave a kid in a car for nine hours that resulted in death. Attention should be focused on this event.

Answer 8

I have forgotten my purse, I have forgotten my cigarettes, I have forgotten my keys....but it takes a special kind of stupid to forget your child!
She should be made to sit in a hot car all day with the windows up and no water just like her child had to endure....

Answer 9

Unfortuneatly, this happens all the time. It's becoming more and more common. It's up to the judge how he wants to unish her, even though we would never forget our child in the car. I agree that it should be manslaughter at the very least, with a charge of felony child abuse tacked on for good measure.

Answer 10

what kind of idiot forgets their infant all day? no charges? i would have to call that extreme leniency. maybe she doesn't deserve the death penalty since she'll certainly live out the rest of her life regretting her stupidity, but she should get something. manslaughter, negligent homicide-something. people are charged with crimes all the time for accidents that are way less preventable than this.

Answer 11

Well I really do not think that it was murder if she ACTUALLY did somehow forget, even though that seems very unpractical. And if leaving her own child was intentional, then it would be considered manslaughter but the legal system might screw this one up.