This concerns your June 4 article about the trial in the death of 4-year-old Ricky LeTourneau.
A 4-year-old child is beaten to death. If convicted, his attracker will, at worst, receive five years in prison and a $2,500 fine.
I am a mother. Most parents know that their children are the most extraordinary teachers in their lives and that their children’s lives are more precious than their own. It is time our laws reflect the esteem with which we hold the lives of our children. Where do we start, to make the punishment fit the crime, to make laws which truly hold parents and caretakers accountable? What can I do to elevate the concern we feel for our children to action to protect and love them now?
No one on earth can save or comfort Ricky LeTourneau now. How many more children have to die? How many wounded children survive?
Do you know why more banks aren’t robbed? Because people, no matter how desperate, know they’ll be caught and punished. Do you suppose we could elevate the importance of our children to the value we place on paper money? It’s a matter of changing some laws. Cate Richardson Bangor
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