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[–]cephyrious 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The article argues that they should be tried for infanticide, not "regular" murder. Infanticide is still criminal. Actually, the definition of infanticide includes the word "murder", but sentencing is slightly more lenient than regular murder. It's a fair argument.

[–]LtGreenCo 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

sentencing is slightly more lenient than regular murder

That's seems ass-backwards to me. If anything, it should be more punishing. You murdered a defenseless child.