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12. Prison is perfectly appropriate.....

Fri Jul 7, 2023, 07:48 AM

Jul 2023

...as an warning to other people who might consider doing the same thing.

the mother has to make that rather terrible choice on having to commit infanticide

You know the mother went on a vacation, right?

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Toddler dies after being left alone for 10 days [View all] TexasDem69 Jul 2023 OP

I read the story. It's strange and tragic BlueWaveNeverEnd Jul 2023 #1

another weird one: 18-Month-Old Dies After Being Left in Car Overnight BlueWaveNeverEnd Jul 2023 #2

Meth... Pot.... Booze NowISeetheLight Jul 2023 #3

And drive them home from (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #4

Stupid aand awful but damn there needs to be an alarm for this lostnfound Jul 2023 #5

2019 NowISeetheLight Jul 2023 #10

Yes, my Toyota will even send phylny Jul 2023 #13

Proof that some people should be sterilized. dalton99a Jul 2023 #7

Prison isn't the right option for the mother swong19104 Jul 2023 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author ShazzieB Jul 2023 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author MrsCoffee Jul 2023 #11

Prison is perfectly appropriate..... brooklynite Jul 2023 #12

Going on vacation is negligence, swong19104 Jul 2023 #18

Leaving your kid alone when you go out for dinner is negligence... brooklynite Jul 2023 #19

Breivik can still be a threat after his sentence swong19104 Jul 2023 #20

that mother had to know her baby would not survive being alone for 10 days Beaverhausen Jul 2023 #21

There is room for penalty in sentencing. SYFROYH Jul 2023 #14

First of all, the child wasn't a newborn infant. LisaL Jul 2023 #15

And the point of a long (or any) prison sentence is to do what? swong19104 Jul 2023 #17

lol a lot going on in this post WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2023 #16