Really?

[jasonu]

Home detention, what a joke!!!
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10851063

[Banditbandit]

Did you read the WHOLE story?

[onearmedbandit]

Gotta agree, she killed her own daughter, no jail sentence could be harsher than that. And putting her in jail would only adversely affect her other daughter. As much as the gut reaction is to 'throw away the key' it wouldn't serve any benefit.

[skippa1]

lock up and throw the key. She refuses to do a blood test to confirm she is clean and still has custody of the remaining child.

[Katman]

She refuses to do a blood test to confirm she is clean

Did you read something I couldn't see?

[skippa1]

Did you read something I couldn't see?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crim...oids-jail-term

A social worker's report said Ericksen had refused to be drug tested so it was not known if she had stopped using methamphetamine.

Kaye said stopping using drugs was something that happened gradually and his client had been praised for her progress.

[Banditbandit]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crim...oids-jail-term

And how does that change anything?

[skippa1]

And how does that change anything?

ohhhh it doesnt, not one little bit. Im sure she is more than capable of making balanced decisions about looking after the remaining child

[onearmedbandit]

It should be a condition of her not going to jail that she is drug tested. Weekly.

[Banditbandit]

It should be a condition of her not going to jail that she is drug tested. Weekly.

What do you know about addiction and how to treat it?

[skippa1]

It should be a condition of her not going to jail that she is drug tested. Weekly.

that sounds fair

[Usarka]

Stays at home = chance other kid gets fucked up.

Goes to jail = gauranteed the other kid gets fucked up.

[onearmedbandit]

What do you know about addiction and how to treat it?

Nothing, not a thing. And yes I know you have first hand experience of this, you've posted such on here before. However considering that drugs were influential in the death and injuries that occurred, and that she has the responsibility of looking after her child, I feel that while she is still using she is incapable of making fit decisions.

[Akzle]

just another roll of the dice....

[skippa1]

Given the mothers predisposition to P, her record of poor decision making, and her failure to address her drug problem at the moment, you can predict with some certainty what behavior the mother is going to display. Fucked up or dead.....are they the same thing?