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Alabama toddler dies in hot car while in state custody
(www.cnn.com)
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Well, I can see you didn't read the link on gross negligence. I can see you move the goalposts on parents getting charged. By the way the article also said of those who do get charged, the grand jury often refuses to indite. And revenge and retribution are commonly interchangeable, yet have subtle differences that are nothing like you describe. In fact in a why you have them swapped. The reality is I have less empathy than the average person. Which is why I can put aside my feeling about the loss of a child and be somewhat objective. You on the other hand are presenting like someone letting thier empathy drive a need for vengence even though you personally were not wronged.
Ask yourself this. Will you follow this case to find out if she getd put in jail? If not, than if the person does go to jail it isn't going to change anything for you or anyone else not personally involved. In fact, you already assume they will be charged and go to jail even though the data says otherwise. You can hold on to that if it makes you feel better, and this person wouldn't need to go to jail to provide you that. So putting them in jail serves no purpose. Again assuming it isn't a case of legally defined gross negligence.
The irony of claiming I didn't read a link that is paywalled is hilarious, especially considering that you didn't read my comment very carefully, considering that I said she should be judged by the courts.
Those parents are charged, which is what I said should happen to the social worker. And I didn't move the goalpost, I pointed out that 58% of parents are charged based on this study that you clearly didn't look at.
Your lack of empathy is showing because you cannot possibly imagine the amount of pain that these parents are going through and the type of justice that they will need. Not only do they need to be made whole by her, they need to be made whole by the state. She was grossly negligent in forgetting a child in the car when there are multiple, multiple things that you can do in order to prevent that. Especially as somebody who is a state representative who of child safety. Forgive me for wanting to hold these people to a higher standard than you.
I'm gonna follow the case enough to know that if she was charged, if she is charged, that's good enough for me. As I said, this is a matter for the courts to decide, not to blokes on lemmy. We have a justice system in our society, and so, despite how shit it is, I want her to go through it, because that is how these parents will be made whole.
Putting people in jail generally serves as a deterrent and you would know that if you've done any sort of research on prison punishment and the abolition of such. Generally putting people in prison or jail is to encourage people to not make the same mistakes, which I think is needed. If this person gets a slap on the wrist, then it's showing that the state doesn't actually care what happens to your children in state custody and others may potentially be more careless since they know they're not gonna go to jail if they make such a mistake.
Regardless, I think this person should be charged. The study I linked shows that there is a one in two chance that this person will be charged, or a 58% chance. And if she is charged, there's a chance that she will go to prison, or jail, for gross negligence since the major function of her job is to ensure child's safety and not ensuring that child's safety is gross negligence.
As far as the punishment this person will receive, it'll be up to the judge and the jury to decide. I do know that if they don't charge this person that I will be one of the first people out there protesting that decision.
Well I guess you are part of the reason our jail population per capita is so high. And definitely can't wrap your head around gross negligence. (By the way, I read all the articles I posted for free, maybe you hit some free limit.)
Sure this hyper specific example is the reason why our prisons are filled and not because of the war on drugs and in poverty
That's definitely what I said. Sure.