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This summer has seen a high number of cases involving young children dying after being left in hot cars. In a recent highly publicized case out Georgia, a father was charged with the involuntary manslaughter of his twin one-and-a-half-year-old daughters after it was discovered that he left the children in a car outside their home for hours while he was napping. In this case, involving Justin Rose out of Georgia, CNN<\/a> reported that the issue for the jury will be whether this was a mistake or murder. \u00a0The defense recently had a judge allow a motion for change of venue based on pretrial publicity.<\/p>\n

However, in a case out of Mississippi a grand jury declined to indict a woman<\/a> whose two-year-old daughter died after being left in a car all day.<\/p>\n

Courts across the country are grappling with how to treat these parents or guardians. Are they guilty of involuntary manslaughter or are these cases just tragic accidents?<\/p>\n

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This summer has seen a high number of cases involving young children dying after being left in hot cars. In a recent highly publicized case out Georgia, a father was charged with the involuntary manslaughter of his twin one-and-a-half-year-old daughters after it was discovered that he left the children in a car outside their home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-criminal-trials"],"yoast_head":"\nLeaving Child in Hot Car and Involuntary Manslaughter Prosecutions — Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog — August 12, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This summer has seen a high number of cases involving young children dying after being left in hot cars. 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