Harsh ?

LDN_Irish · 10-10-2015 02:42PM

Heckler wrote: »

To run with your instance of repeat. The child who drowned in a rain barrel on a farm. The rain barrel was there for the last 7 years of his life. It didn't just turn up the day he died in it. So thats a case of repeated neglect. Not abuse, neglect by your ratiional.

No, it would be repeated if they'd had to repeatedly take him out of the rain barrel before he eventually drowned in it.

Very Bored · 10-10-2015 02:49PM

I don't like the Madeline McCann case one little bit. It stinks to high heaven. I know who I suspect but I'm not prepared to say it on a public forum.

Very Bored · 10-10-2015 02:54PM

@Heckler, the point you're missing is that, yes, every parent has made an error of judgement that in other circumstances could have gone badly wrong but they did it by sheer misfortune. What this woman did was born either of repeated acts of stupidity or of crass selfishness and that is the difference between an error and negligence.

Bowlardo · 10-10-2015 03:01PM

Very Bored wrote: »

I don't like the Madeline McCann case one little bit. It stinks to high heaven. I know who I suspect but I'm not prepared to say it on a public forum.

just ****ing say it

Heckler · 10-10-2015 03:32PM

MadDog76 wrote: »

When did I say that the parents in some of those cases don't deserve a custodial sentence?

Each case is different and would need to be assessed individually .......... as it stands, I'm of the believe that the law is too lenient when it comes to tragic preventable deaths and/or injuries to children because the parent(s) of these children failed to protect their own child.

For example, I believe that the parents of Madeline McCann should have been charged, tried and (if convicted) sentenced to a hefty term in prison .......... they lost their child (partially due to their own selfishness) but Madeline herself lost her life (most likely) through no fault of her own whatsoever.

You didn't. Sorry, my inference. I'm in agreement with your post.

Summer wind · 10-10-2015 05:22PM

This woman's sentence was not harsh. She endangered her little boys life many times. She does not deserve to be anyone's mother. She has lost 5 years of her life to a prison sentence but her little boy has lost his whole life. I think she should have gotten a longer sentence.

end of the road · 10-10-2015 05:39PM

donegaLroad wrote: »

children need constant supervision when playing in, or near water.

It is really sad, but this girl was found to have seriously neglected her child before when she allowed him to play in the road, and almost got hit by a car as a result.

The 5 year sentence should be a warning to other parents who are in the habit of starring into their iphones while their children wander around the place unsupervised.

no, it shouldn't. the sentence should be about punishing someone for breaking the law. nothing more.

Harsh ?

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