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Quote by: triad Should a mother that forgets to lock the door to her house at night be charged with homicide if a criminal walks in and kills one of her kids? |
She didn't kill the kids. The criminal did.
She could be charged in a civil suit, but not a criminal one.
If they caught the criminal, his defense could say that she enabled him by forgetting to lock the door, thus allowing him the ability to choose to commit the crime. It would a defense aimed at a lighter sentence.