Letter: Prosecute all who leave kids in cars

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Wednesday, June 25, 2003 | 9:05 a.m.

I think this forgetfulness or being neglectful about leaving your kid in the vehicle is a bunch of "hogwash." Both types of situations should be prosecuted because I have a difficult time believing that a parent could forget about their kid in the back seat.

Now that the district attorney will not prosecute people who claim they forgot about the kid, it opens the floodgate for lying. All a parent has to do now (if they run into the post office or grab a cup of coffee) is say they had a change in their daily routine and accidentally forgot about the kid to avoid prosecution. After all it's their word against nobody's.

RODNEY C. VOSHELL