This picture shows how Brenda Slaby backed her SUV up to a school entrance to unload her doughnuts from the rear hatch. She came out to the car at least twice to unload and move it back to the parking lot. Wouldn't you see a child in the back seat if you were backing your car up? Does anyone here own an SUV and is it possible to see a sleeping kid if you are turned around to back up and the kid is directly behind the driver's seat?
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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