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10-year-old walked less than a mile to a dollar store, prompting a passerby to call police, who arrested his mom for reckless conduct. (edition.cnn.com)
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[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 31 points 5 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Etan_Patz

This was the case that really changed the way kids were treated in the US.

Before this, it was normal for kids to travel great distances on their own.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 5 days ago

Laws are waayy to often based on single cases of something. Same with the whole "dont microwave your cat" stuff. So many have to suffer because some idiots or a random case of crazy or bad luck.

[-] brotundspiele@feddit.org 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yeah, I'm still angry that I'm not allowed to microwave my cat, just because some idiot back in the days used the Popcorn program for that instead of the Feline & Furry program.

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago

Any law named after a victim is a shit law.

[-] Patches@ttrpg.network 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Any law named after a victim is a shit law.

Ah yes, how dare Kari demand we check notes call 911 without pressing remembering which number is required to dial out.

https://www.911.gov/issues/legislation-and-policy/kari-s-law-and-ray-baum-s-act/

That bitch...

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 19 points 4 days ago

That’s funny.

1 kid goes missing, all of America changes how they act.

100s of kids die in school shootings, America does nothing.

[-] floo@retrolemmy.com 22 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

And may have helped launch it, but no one did more to further it than the father of kidnapped child Adam Walsh.

Adam's father, John Walsh, became an advocate for victims of violent crimes and is the host of the television program America's Most Wanted. He has also hosted The Hunt with John Walsh and In Pursuit with John Walsh.[3] Convicted serial killer Ottis Toole confessed to Adam's murder, but was never convicted of the crime because evidence was reportedly lost and Toole later recanted his confession. Toole died in prison of liver failure on September 15, 1996.[4] No new evidence has come to light since then, and police announced in December 2008 that the Walsh case was closed and that they were satisfied that Toole was the killer.

[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago

This is very odd for US to not return to normalcy.

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