Child Vehicular Heatstroke Deaths: How the Criminal Legal System Punishes Grieving Parents Over a Neurobiological Response

Authors

Amanda Washabaugh, Cardozo Law Review

Document Type

Student Note

Publication Date

2020

Graduation Year

2021

Abstract

Twenty states have passed criminal statutes aimed at reducing heat stroke deaths resulting from a child being left in a vehicle. This Note examines those statutes and the legal theories of punishment they rely upon. The Note proposes that state legislatures repeal these statutes and instead increase funding for programs aimed at expanding awareness and technological advances focused on preventing these tragedies.

Publisher

Cardozo Law Review de·novo

Volume

2020

First Page

195

Recommended Citation

Washabaugh, Amanda, "Child Vehicular Heatstroke Deaths: How the Criminal Legal System Punishes Grieving Parents Over a Neurobiological Response" (2020). Cardozo Law Review de•novo. 78.
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/de-novo/78