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Cambion
Having that much glass on a cruise ship and effectively turning it into a floating snowglobe sounds like it would present a much higher safety risk than having no glass barriers like these morons seemed to think existed. Imagine anything hitting the ship or the ship ramming something - a whale, a rock, a storm, a reef, a good stiff wind, a bird. Unless it was shatterproof, it would mean glass everywhere. Not to mention it would probably result in a higher ticket cost to install that much glass all over the boat. Or how about the people who take a cruise because they want to enjoy the ocean weather from the safety of a deck?

It was a PNA and the parents just want to pass the blame onto the party with the deepest pockets. If they didn't stand to potentially make bank off a settlement for their loss, they wouldn't even bother with any of this. They know Pap-Pap isn't firing on all four cylinders upstairs, so they leave the kid in his care knowing there's a good chance he'll endanger or kill the kid, so it can be called a tragic accident.

Sounds like they planned this out nicely, but as usual, nobody sees it for what it really is: murder. Everyone still thinks that no parent would intentionally kill their own child in spite of proof of the contrary on literally a daily basis.

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in return for an agreement that included no jail time.

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Michael Winkleman, the attorney for the Wiegand family, told NBC News on Tuesday that Anello filed paperwork to change his plea in return for an agreement that included no jail time. Anello, who lives in South Bend, Indiana, will be able to serve his probation in the state, according to Winkleman.

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khan
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/grandfather-toddler-who-died-falling-cruise-ship-plead-guilty-her-n1142981

"From my point of view, at the moment the accident happened, it was as if this wall of protective glass disappeared. I was in complete disbelief. It was a nightmare of the likes I could never have imagined before."

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kittehpeoples
I was just coming here to see if anyone had posted the update. People were starting to get caught leaving their kids in cars, so they're stepping up their game?

It amazes me that breeders claim we hate kids and wish them all dead or something, but they're the first ones to jump on shit like this and say, "They've suffered enough! Don't investigate, don't punish, just throw money and attention at them" while we're the ones discussing all the different ways the murderer's story doesn't add up and hoping somebody gets punished for what they put the kid through.

(I do hate kids, but that doesn't mean I want them all murdered. Just saying.)

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paragon schnitzophonic

Meanwhile, a dude here ran over a woman and her six-month old baby and people wanted to essentially hang him because the baby died. The judge was all mad because the toughest sentence he could give was a year in jail and was all, “If I could give you more, I would.” But that year in jail is more than what the mother would get if she was the one who killed her baby by “forgetting” him in the car on a hot summer day.

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paragon schnitzophonic
This case? https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-woman-gets-35-years-for-fatally-tossing-granddaughter-off-mall-walkway/2012/01/06/gIQAKELtfP_story.html

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cfdavep
I have heard of a case where a grandmoo tossed the grandsprog off a parking garage 7 stories down. When she was caught she admitted that she did it in order to end her daughter's marriage as she hated the husband and never wanted her daughter to beome an adult. People can have really weird motivations.

I think it was a PNA where they used the grandpa in this case. He probably dropped the kid on the concrete below for a more "humane" death instead of dropping her overboard halfway to Europe.

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kittehpeoples
(I do hate kids, but that doesn't mean I want them all murdered. Just saying.)

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LoveToLurk
Didn’t they originally claim the window was in a child’s play area? That doesn’t look like any child’s play area I’ve ever seen. If I didn’t know better, I’d say it was a bar.

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freya
Update: they're suing


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chloe-wiegands-family-sues-royal-caribbean-over-toddlers-cruise-ship-death/ar-AAK1y2p