I'm sure she feels so terrible about the fact that she killed this little boy that she'd welcome any criminal proceedings, plead guilty to all charges and willing serve whatever sentence was handed down.
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Daniel C. <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Thad Van Ry<[email protected]> wrote: > > How was the aunt criminally negligent? The article that you reference > states > > that she looked around because she was very aware of kids playing in the > > area. I don't believe she was negligent, let alone criminally negligent. > > Could she have been maybe more careful? Hind sight is always 20/20. > > She knew there were children playing nearby. I don't know if this > article stated it or not, but there were towels spread all over the > driveway for kids to lay on. She was negligent by not checking > carefully enough to see the child. Maybe not criminally negligent, > but if you know there are kids nearby and you're less careful than you > could be (which is obviously the case or the kid would still be > alive), that's negligent. > > "Could have been more careful" is just another way of saying "negligent". > > -Dan > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
