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How do आप feel about this situation?

I came across this लेख on the LA Times website and my boyfriend and I ended up in a वाद-विवाद about it - I want to see what आप think.

This woman was sentenced to six years in prison for abusing a baby that she was supposed to be babysitting. The baby did not die.
The woman was, through the error of a single employee, released early. She left prison and is currently pregnant (it is a high risk pregnancy). She is described as a model parolee.
Now that the error has been discovered she has been sent back to prison.

The सवाल - should she have gone back? Is it cruel and unusual for her to be sent back to prison after being released? What about the family who's baby suffered at this woman's hand?

Here is a link to the article
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harold said:
Should the parolee have been taken back to prison to serve the rest of her allotted sentence? Yes. It really boils down to whether a convict should serve the sentence he (or, in this case, she) has been given. Unless आप wish to वाद-विवाद whether the original sentence was unjust, we have to say "Yes, a convicted criminal should serve the sentence according to the rules in the justice system." This accommodates the rules for good behavior credits, but does not account for mistakes/deviations from those rules. Her legal counsel, parole officer, family and, yes, even herself should know both her sentence and what the rules for commuting that sentence were. When the prison first started talking about an early release, it should have set off alarm bells for everyone involved, particularly her. It was a mistake that all should have spotted. Letting a mistake go uncorrected is itself a mistake, and two wrongs never make a "right."

Whether या not a convict is pregnant should have no bearing on carrying out the sentence, just as it should have no bearing whether the convict is already a parent, supporting senior dependents at home, या has a vital job upon which many other employees depend. Life circumstances should not determine the degree to which the law applies to anyone; the law should apply equally to all. Anything else is unjust.

Is it cruel and unusual to be released and then imprisoned again for the same crime? No. It is unusual, but not cruel. It is, in the sense that it is carrying out the appointed sentence, just. She does have grounds for suing for reparations, and apparently she's doing that, which is completely appropriate. The error was an egregious one.

The family who was victim to the original crime have absolutely no say in the matter, and it is offensive that they are even mentioned in the article. Justice was served for them with the sentence; nothing in the sentence (or any aspect of the justice system) gives them the right to forever judge matters relating to the convict's life. To present it otherwise suggests that they have some moral superiority, which concept should be easily seen as false द्वारा their attitudes as expressed in the article.

(edited to address the thoughts on imminent parenthood)
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-sapherequeen- said:
My concluding thought is;

She should be taken out of prison. My main reasoning is her high risk pregnancy, which may take a dangerous turn for the baby या both the mother and chilf if provoked द्वारा the highly potential stress of prison.

Now, would I normally believe that she should have gone back?

If she committed such a terrible crime and was convicted, then yes I believe she would need to finish her sentence. It is completely fair and just for the infant child, the infant's family, and the situation itself for her to complete her punishment.

But, I do not believe that the innocent (the child) should suffer for the parent's wrongdoing.

I am just generally against the idea of prison due to her high risk pregnancy and the complications with this combination.

As for what the punishment should be if prison is not possible..I honestly am unsure of this. I'd suggest house arrest, but is this an appropriate response to give to the abuse of an infant child?

As for the mess this employee made; I will freely call this employee's huge error absolutely ludicrous, and in that sense I feel for the woman.
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*Well, perhaps my thoughts depend on how/why the pregnancy is high risk exactly, and how prison handles inmates with high risk pregnancies. Does it explain all of this in the article?
-sapherequeen- posted एक साल  से अधिक पुराना
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yes, but then आप could argue, should a reformed chold abuser be having a hild herself?
pandawinx posted एक साल  से अधिक पुराना
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*My thoughts are...
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caramelmilk said:
Well, it was a mistake that she was released early, they noticed the mistake and I think it's only fair that she goes back to jail. After all she was sentenced to a certain period of time and it should not be reduced because someone made a mistake. Her pregnancy is a bit unfortunate for her, but she's not the first pregnant woman in prison. Maybe she shouldn't have abused that baby in the first place.
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I agree
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samuraibond005 said:
I think it should be up to the family of the kid abused.
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That makes no sense. Families of victims (or victims themselves) should not have a say about the sentence, that's what judges are for.
Sappp posted एक साल  से अधिक पुराना
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I think it to be only fair for the family affected to have a say in what happens to the person who affected them.
samuraibond005 posted एक साल  से अधिक पुराना
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The family did have a say. That's the purpose of a trial, I believe. The prosecution in such a case also has the right of appeal, if they don't agree with the verdict. द्वारा not appealing the verdict, they accepted the sentence. Their role in determining justice at that point is ended.
harold posted एक साल  से अधिक पुराना
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Then it sounds like a fair idea to me.
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dreamfields said:
I think it's proper for the woman to serve her time. When she has the baby, either the father, her parents या child services should care for it. When she is released, the court should decide if she is fit to be a mother and what is in the child's best interest.
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