The hot-car death of 22-month-old Cooper Harris was heartbreakingly familiar. His father's unusual murder conviction has now been thrown out

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[–]IkeConn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Everybody in Atlanta wanted to send him up the river at the time. His career is over and he is virtually unemployable.

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

I know this article didn't really get into the specifics of how they claimed to know it was intentional in the first trial, but on the face of it, I don't see how it could have been proven "beyond a reasonable doubt", unless there was some really damning evidence of premeditation.

Even if they could show he was unhappy as a parent or something, I don't think that's enough.

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People seem to want to punish others for accidents these days, especially if they're not a paragon of virtue.

[–]Drewski 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

He should have been charged with manslaughter, not murder. The guy does seem like a piece of shit, but it shouldn't have affected the verdict the way it clearly did.