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not_mig t1_j94g5at wrote

Reply to comment by siuknowwhatImean in Is Frankenstein responsible for the murders his creation committed? by siuknowwhatImean

It can be

https://mommyish.com/moms-who-sleep-should-be-charged-with-criminal-neglect/

Here's a more recent case involving a babysitter

https://wvmetronews.com/2023/02/09/sleeping-sitter-charged-with-neglect/

edit:this is going by contemporary US law. Not sure what laws are like elsewhere in the world and I doubt leaving a child unsupervised would count as neglect in the 1800s

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