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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just to be clear, the label doesn't explain the kind of punishment that can be applied. I'm not sure about this particular charge, but the lesser "Serious Bodily Injury to a Minor," which can occur through direct action or neglect, carries a sentence between 6 months to 99 years with or without parole.

This state absolutely sucks with regard to human rights, but it at least does some things right and leaves a lot of room for juries to make decisions based upon the evidence for cases like these.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 4 points 3 months ago

Okay, good. I was going to say “sounds like involuntary manslaughter to me”, but I guess labels don’t matter much if the sentence can still be reasonably tough.