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A woman dated a registered sex offender and today her 5 year old daughter was snatched from a playground. The boyfriend is thought to be responsible for the abduction.

In your opinion, is she criminally accountable for any harm that befalls her child?

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Thanks D_Lion for your reply.

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I think she is morally responsible for bringing someone she knew to be a sex offender (who had apparently targeted minors) into repeated contact with her daughter. Mind boggling lack of judgment is not, however, a crime.

There could be, though, legal grounds for neglect charges if she was not adequately supervising or caring for her daughter.

It may be, of course, that neither of her sex offender boyfriends/friends is responsible, so I hope that law enforcement is not limiting the search to those individuals unless the evidence is so clear that there is truly no reason to expand the suspect pool.

Even if neither of these "gentlemen" happens to be responsible, my thoughts about her poor judgment stand...
 
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IMO it depends on what he did to achieve the title sex offender. The courts give out this title to anyone whether it's a simple case of the bf being over aged and his gf being a minor to the more vicious crimes of rape, child molestation, etc. Just because he's registered as a sex offender doesn't make him dangerous.

If he is registered due to a child related sex crime then Yes, I'd place all the blame on the mother for knowingly allowing someone like that into her childs life.
 
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If he is registered due to a child related sex crime then Yes, I'd place all the blame on the mother for knowingly allowing someone like that into her childs life.

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I saw a report on cnn.com that indicated that police believe they've found the little child's body. How heartbreaking.
Now that it is quite easy to look for local sex offenders online, why wouldn't anyone do it? The relative ease of obtaining the information makes her liability somewhat greater, in my opinion.
I check the sex offender registry when new people start visiting my church, personally. Haven't found any....but I would let them know what I knew and that they would not be permitted to teach Sunday School or otherwise be alone with children if the situation should ever arise.
 
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