YOU HAVE GOTTA BE KIDDING ME?! (DUHHHH I LOCKED MY KID IN THE CAR AND DIDNT KNOW!!)
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4199393&page=1
I have posted a story that many in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and after today's exposure on ABC's Good Morning America, across the nation have become aware of. For those of you too lazy to read the story i will provide some background. A 36 year old woman was acquitted on involuntary manslaughter after leaving her 9 month old child in her car for 7 1/2 hours. You may pick up other details through out my post or via the story.
Personally, this is mind boggling to me that the city of Charlottesville has let this woman off the hook. When she conceived this child she was the protectorate and provider for this child. The aforementioned woman, Raelyn Balfour, was clearly guilty on grounds of reckless endangerment. Much of her defense relied on sympathy, deceit, and cover up. Her "excuse", if there ever could be one, is that she "thought" she had dropped the child off at the babysitter. HA! Who is she kidding?! This child should be the center of your world and you "forgot" about dropping him off at the babysitter. Unreal. The emotionally charged trial, most of which provided by the defendant, was put to Jerry Springer status with the addition of her "timely" pregnancy. The fact that this woman is procreating again, is in a way disturbing. She FORGOT her child and so she has decided, "oh I'll just get a new one." Sorry lady its not a replacement toy from Toys-R-Us... This is a human being.... The reason the pregnancy plays in this situation is the effect on the jury. A jury is going to be much less likely convicted a "grieving pregnant woman" than an ordinary person. Which may have been the premise behind bringing down the original charge from 2nd degree manslaughter to involuntary.
Finally, it ultimately falls on our justice system. This is a system that was manipulated by a crying pregnancy woman and a hot shot lawyer from northern VA. Oh by the way, who's legal fees have been rumored to be in the area of $50,000. So in retrospect, the prosecution in this case was fighting a uphill battle something close to Mt. Everest. People need not be swayed by the flashy lawyers and sobbing mess that transpired in this trial. As a society we have become all to politically correct and sympathetic when it comes to matters of stupidity and responsibility. Getting a second chance for an honest mistake is one thing, but to be let off the hook scot free (well $50,000 worth of free) for forgetting your child because you had a 30 min. phone conversation on the way to work is far from excusable. And the laughing matter of it all is that this woman is going to "dedicate her life to teaching others about the dangers of leaving you child in a car." Haha. Well thanks a lot there. You know if you hadn't told me about that, I was gonna drive to Florida and lay by the beach while my baby to cook in the car. Good gosh almighty, if you need someone to TELL YOU that you shouldn't leave your child in the car, well honey it doesn't seem like you should be having children.
This in defense on common knowledge.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4199393&page=1
I have posted a story that many in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and after today's exposure on ABC's Good Morning America, across the nation have become aware of. For those of you too lazy to read the story i will provide some background. A 36 year old woman was acquitted on involuntary manslaughter after leaving her 9 month old child in her car for 7 1/2 hours. You may pick up other details through out my post or via the story.
Personally, this is mind boggling to me that the city of Charlottesville has let this woman off the hook. When she conceived this child she was the protectorate and provider for this child. The aforementioned woman, Raelyn Balfour, was clearly guilty on grounds of reckless endangerment. Much of her defense relied on sympathy, deceit, and cover up. Her "excuse", if there ever could be one, is that she "thought" she had dropped the child off at the babysitter. HA! Who is she kidding?! This child should be the center of your world and you "forgot" about dropping him off at the babysitter. Unreal. The emotionally charged trial, most of which provided by the defendant, was put to Jerry Springer status with the addition of her "timely" pregnancy. The fact that this woman is procreating again, is in a way disturbing. She FORGOT her child and so she has decided, "oh I'll just get a new one." Sorry lady its not a replacement toy from Toys-R-Us... This is a human being.... The reason the pregnancy plays in this situation is the effect on the jury. A jury is going to be much less likely convicted a "grieving pregnant woman" than an ordinary person. Which may have been the premise behind bringing down the original charge from 2nd degree manslaughter to involuntary.
Finally, it ultimately falls on our justice system. This is a system that was manipulated by a crying pregnancy woman and a hot shot lawyer from northern VA. Oh by the way, who's legal fees have been rumored to be in the area of $50,000. So in retrospect, the prosecution in this case was fighting a uphill battle something close to Mt. Everest. People need not be swayed by the flashy lawyers and sobbing mess that transpired in this trial. As a society we have become all to politically correct and sympathetic when it comes to matters of stupidity and responsibility. Getting a second chance for an honest mistake is one thing, but to be let off the hook scot free (well $50,000 worth of free) for forgetting your child because you had a 30 min. phone conversation on the way to work is far from excusable. And the laughing matter of it all is that this woman is going to "dedicate her life to teaching others about the dangers of leaving you child in a car." Haha. Well thanks a lot there. You know if you hadn't told me about that, I was gonna drive to Florida and lay by the beach while my baby to cook in the car. Good gosh almighty, if you need someone to TELL YOU that you shouldn't leave your child in the car, well honey it doesn't seem like you should be having children.
This in defense on common knowledge.
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