re: #208 Hecuba’s daughter

He was also highly intoxicated AND smoke detectors were either disconnected or removed. So involuntary manslaughter seems totally appropriate. At one time, it was legal to drink and drive — but those days have passed. He was totally irresponsible and his children suffered because of that.

I get what you and others are saying. I agree to a point.

Here’s my big, huge, gigantic issue with how we are criminalizing everything: we’re criminalizing miscarriages, as one example. The slope slips and slides away and innocent people get swept away with it.

I am not saying this guys is innocent. Not by a long shot. What I read did not say anything about his being drunk or smoke detectors being disabled. Perhaps I missed it. That changes things a little. But I still feel very uncomfortable with criminalizing accidents.