The trial that never ends comes to an end.

[Barrister]

I don't see the problem with such a law, however I don't entirely see the point of it.

So you ding the mother for failing to report her missing child.  Big deal - it sure isn't going to carry the same sentence as a murder conviction.

[Stonewall]

I don't see the problem with such a law, however I don't entirely see the point of it.

So you ding the mother for failing to report her missing child.  Big deal - it sure isn't going to carry the same sentence as a murder conviction.

It would carry a 5 year prison sentence.  So, while not the same as a murder conviction, 5 years is still a long time.

[derspiess]

Most laws originating in moral panic are, in fact, stupid.

Truer words have never been spoken.

[Grey Fox]

I don't see the problem with such a law, however I don't entirely see the point of it.

So you ding the mother for failing to report her missing child.  Big deal - it sure isn't going to carry the same sentence as a murder conviction.

It would carry a 5 year prison sentence.  So, while not the same as a murder conviction, 5 years is still a long time.

In the US. In Canada, it'd be 4 weekends.

[merithyn]

Apparently, they learned their lesson.  Just this morning "Caylee's Law" was being introduced to make if a felony not to report your child missing or dead with one hour of knowing or should have knowing that they are missing or dead.

That's a ridiculous and ignorant law. Within one hour of "knowing or should have knowing they are missing"? My son walks out the door to go to a friend's house two doors down while I'm downstairs doing laundry. I come upstairs, no idea where he is, and if he doesn't answer his cell within one hour, I have to call 911 and report a missing person? Just to have him saunter into the house a couple of hours later wondering what the hell is going on?

What a fucking waste of time, money, and energy for everyone.

[Scipio]

Most laws are, in fact, stupid.

FYP.

[DontSayBanana]

I still say it's posturing.  The parents automatically have an affirmative duty to care for children as legal guardians- given that the safety of the child is their responsibility, aren't there already criminal negligence statutes that could be invoked without creating a bystander law?