Recent news stories of tragedies when young children were left in hot cars have generated passionate debate in metro Atlanta and across the country.
Certainly any parent who intentionally leaves a child in a hot car to suffer and die should be prosecuted and harshly punished. As a former prosecutor, I find myself wondering whether, if I were the District Attorney in Cobb County, I would seek a sentence harsher than life without parole. Certainly I envy any prosecutor who tries such a case with strong forensic science to back up the charge.
Some people cannot understand how any