Because if you put him in prison, other parents will forget less.
Fucking idiots think prison is a fix for everything.
Also I grew up in Cobb Co. Ga. VERY conservative place. They'll throw the book at him.
Also I grew up in Cobb Co. Ga. VERY conservative place. They'll throw the book at him.
As a parent, I don't really think this is true. It's not like the threat of prison is more motivating than the threat of a dead child. Trust me, thinking about losing your child is far, far worse than thinking about going to jail. I've never even come close to forgetting my kid in the back seat, and I still worry about it all the time, but never once have I worried about the legal consequences of doing so.
If that's the case, they'll probably miss
Yeah just did. Great comparison by the way coffee getting cold or having to go buy lunch compared to the death of your child.The same way you leave your coffee on the counter, or forget your lunch in the fridge. Read the article.
Or simply hear of this and not leave their child in a car without supervision, ever. It's against the law to do so at all, IIRC. There's a reason for it.
As a parent, I don't really think this is true. It's not like the threat of prison is more motivating than the threat of a dead child. Trust me, thinking about losing your child is far, far worse than thinking about going to jail. I've never even come close to forgetting my kid in the back seat, and I still worry about it all the time, but never once have I worried about the legal consequences of doing so.
What happened to the couple legally speaking?
Heh. Yeah you're probably right. I don't think a jury's going to convict on murder.If that's the case, they'll probably miss
This though.
I don't even like driving through Cobb county.
He shouldn't be prosecuted if it was simply an accident.
I think that was his point. I took it as sarcasm.Absolute nonsense.
As someone with a 9 month old, I am ultra-paranoid about this. My wife and I both installed mirrors in our cars that give us a full view of the car seat when looking in the rear-view mirror. Whenever I'm going to work, I put my laptop bag in the carseat when he's not there so I'm in the habit of always checking the backseat.
I can't even imagine.
You're kidding.The fact that it was his son is irrelevant.
If you accidently kill anyone, you get punished.
They don't just say 'oh well he'll have to live with the consequences'.
I don't agree with a prison sentence though. Seems pointless in this case.
But he does deserve to repay society in some way.
Everyone should read this article before commenting:
Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?
Imho, these parents have already been given the worst sentence possible: they will have to live the rest of their lives knowing that they were responsible for the death of their child. Any other punishment is basically superfluous.
Gross negligence, surely?
Yeah just did. Great comparison by the way coffee getting cold or having to go buy lunch compared to the death of your child.
He shoulf definitely face some form of punishment but Jesus Christ people really think he should be charged with murder? His own SON is dead due to a terrible mistake he made and he should be left to rot in prison? Rather than sit here and judge maybe we should bare in mind that we're talking about HUMANS. And humans feel guilt and sadness, now can you think who's gonna be feeling like that for the rest of their life? Yeah, the father. RIP.
Because if you put him in prison, other parents will forget less.
How do we know that it wasn't intentional? If the punishment isn't severe then child killers just found a new loophole.
What kind of shitty person forgets to take their kid out the car, much less go to a day care?
I knew someone would do this. Yes that's exactly how he's comparing the two. They're equal in his eyes.Yeah just did. Great comparison by the way coffee getting cold or having to go buy lunch compared to the death of your child.
You're kidding.
But what is the point of putting him behind bars? What is that doing that is of benefit to anyone?This.
You make a choice of being a father, you're responsible for their well being. Also an entire workday went by before he realised that his kid was still in the car. It sounds cruel but that kid will never grow up, raise a family or anything.
He messed up bigtime and paid the price. Its not like it was a fire, carcrash or a freak of nature kinda thing. Its entirely his own fault.
I read this article a few months ago when this topic last came around, and it really changed my view on this subject. It's a fine line between negligence and an accident, and my view has swung toward the latter. Every incident is a bit different, but they tend to stem from people living their (busy, exhausting) lives and making a horrible, life altering mistake along the way. I have a hard time passing a harsh sentence upon them for it; losing your child is about as harsh as it gets.
Circumstances can change this, of course. But in this instance, I'm not sure what purpose additional punishment would serve.
But you see, this guy forgot that he left his child in the car. I know it's a terrible mistake, but it's a mistake nonetheless. It's not like he purposely left his kid in the car, went to see a movie and decided "what the hell, triple feature".
I'm not saying what he did was right in any way, shape or form, but I don't think putting this guy in prison is going to prevent this from happening again.
I knew someone would do this. Yes that's exactly how he's comparing the two. They're equal in his eyes.
Great comparison by the way coffee getting cold or having to go buy lunch compared to the death of your child.
To me this is obviously negligence, if you have a kid you check your backseat every single time. I feel sorry for him, but I feel much more sorry for the kid that was robbed of its life.
I vote for the punishment of castration.
Coffee doesn't make noise in the backseat. You don't check your rear view mirrors to check your coffee. Only possible way this happens is if that baby was asleep the whole drive. Then to go the whole day not remembering.You didn't. Or you'd understand that the brain doesn't see a difference between forgetting a child, or forgetting coffee. It's called forgetting for that reason. This isn't where some crackhead leaves their baby in the car on purpose while they go shopping.
Don't be an ass: It's a completely valid comparison. The mind drops things it thinks it's done with. Your cup of coffee and lunch is on the same level as your child.
Have you never been forgotten/picked up late from school? Same thing as this: Your parent was doing errands and forgot the time.
Same thing here: He thought he dropped the child at the daycare center and went into work with nothing telling him otherwise. He was at work for eight hours thinking his kid was at the daycare only to find out as soon as he got back in the car that "no, your child has been here all day."
Are people really going to fall for this bait?Because if you put him in prison, other parents will forget less.
Nor do we have to punish the guy if he made a mistake. If he honestly forgot, what will putting him in prison do? Cause him to get a divorce? Lose his house and job? Does that sound like rehabilitation?
I agree with you here, it is a freak accident more than anything else.I read this article a few months ago when this topic last came around, and it really changed my view on this subject. It's a fine line between negligence and an accident, and my view has swung toward the latter. Every incident is a bit different, but they tend to stem from people living their (busy, exhausting) lives and making a horrible, life altering mistake along the way. I have a hard time passing a harsh sentence upon them for it; losing your child is about as harsh as it gets.
Circumstances can change this, of course. But in this instance, I'm not sure what purpose additional punishment would serve.
He doesn't owe anything to society for this. He owes it to his family, himself, and his son. Any punishment society gives him is paltry in comparison to the mental trauma he's going through. Putting him in prison or even a lighter sentence literally does l nothing except make people who disagree that it was an accident feel better about themselves.Why not?