Jones v. United States, 308 F.2d 307 (D.C. Cir. 1962)

Facts: a mother lived in D.C. and had a child, she didn't care for the child, and the child died despite multiple notices that the child was sick. U.S. government prosecuted her for criminal negligence/neglect of the child.

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