March 17, 2010
Published: 6 Nov 09 11:15 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20091106-23081.html
A regional Berlin court on Friday sentenced a 42-year-old woman to eight years in prison for manslaughter after she admitted to smothering her newborn infant.
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I watched a programme on RTL where two 15-year olds were having a baby. As she was underage, she was sent to a home after the child was born. The father, who was at the birth and wanted to be part of this baby's life, was only allowed limited access. Both parents seemed to me to be very mature.
This is a bad story. However, to me, it looks like other people should have been involved. It sounds to me, too that this woman cannot be all there mentally.
If i recall rightly, for this reason, the law in England has killing of the baby by the mother categorised as manslaughter (which allows a greater range of appropriate sentencing) and not murder. That is, if the killing happens in the first year of the baby's life.
Still, how come no-one appeared to follow up on the fact that this woman was a risk to any future babies, having abandoned a baby before.
"Religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation -- unspotted to keep himself from the world." James 1: 27