Re: Should Vice Principal Lose Her Job? - (*Warning-Gruesome topic\")
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According to the prosecutor, under Ohio law "a mistake is not a crime".
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Leaving the child in the car for the work day was "a substantial lapse of due care" but did not meet the definition of reckless conduct necessary for prosecution, said Clermont County Prosecutor Don White.
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"...Cecilia's mother simply, albeit tragically, forgot that Cecilia was asleep in her car seat when she arrived at work early Thursday morning," White said in a statement released by his office. "As bad as that appears, it is not a perverse disregard of a known risk."
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Lounge lawyers, what does this mean? The prosecutor says that the
"Ohio Supreme Court says negligence is not the standard for this type of crime."
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the point being made is that completely forgetting that your kid is in the car is different than knowingly leaving your kid in the car because you plan to come back really fast
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