I am not sure of whether you are familiar with the case of the Ohio Assistant Principal who left her two-year old child in a hot vehicle for over 7 hours and the child died of hyperthermia. It was documented that she left the 2 y/o child alone in the car on other occassions prior the day when the toddler died. See www.enquirer.com the Cincinnati Enquirer's website for additional information. The mother was not charged with a crime as the prosecutor in the case did not submit the case to the grand jury. This case is receiving alot of national and local coverage by the press and media. Will the Ohio Department of Education investigate and proposed to take action against her license?
A nurse in Ohio who worked a double shift was charged with child endangerment after her 2 and 3/y/o children were found wandering the street, unharmed. Will the Ohio Board of Nursing investigate and propose to take action against her license?
Below is summary from a posting on the Cincinnati Enquirer website today about the disparity in the two cases, one involving an educator (who managed not to forget the $59.00 worth of donuts in the car but left her child in the car) and the other involving a nurse (who worked a double shift):
Recently, a nurse and mother of two children age 2 and 3 was charged with two counts of child endangerment. She had fallen asleep after working a double shift and her two children were found (safely) walking three blocks from their home. In another incident, no charges were filed against an educator who left her daughter in her car after buying doughnuts for a teacher's meeting. Her daughter, tragically, died. One mother works a double shift, her children are alive and well, and she faces charges. Another mother buys doughnuts, her daughter dies and no charges are filed. Can anyone explain this logic to me? See http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070906/EDIT01/709060328/-1/all.
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