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This is just so disturbing. This is a perfect example of how we have completely forsaken personal responsibility in our society.

“OSHKOSH, Wis. – A 4-month-old girl died when her inebriated mother fell asleep on top of her while breast-feeding, prosecutors said.

Lorinda Hawkins told police she fell asleep about 15 minutes after she started breast-feeding the baby Feb. 23 because of her intoxication, a criminal complaint said. When she woke up about an hour later, the baby was pale and wasn’t breathing, the complaint said.

Hawkins was charged Friday with one count of child neglect causing a death. If convicted as a repeat felony offender, she could be sentenced to 29 years in prison and fined $100,000.”

What’s sad is that that’s not enough. What’s even worse is that she only faces that much time because she’s a repeat felon.

Defense lawyer Steven Smits asked for Hawkins’ release on signature bond so she could enter substance abuse treatment, but she remained jailed late Friday on $7,000 bond. A preliminary hearing was scheduled Nov. 17.

Right. Maybe she should have done that a long time ago…

The 27-year-old — who was on probation for child neglect — had consumed six double-shot alcoholic beverages at a bowling alley, the criminal said. A toxicologist estimated her blood alcohol level ranged from .15 to .27 percent.

And she shouldn’t have been breast feeding in the first place. Sickening, just sickening.

[Wis. Mother Accused of Killing Her Infant - Yahoo! News]