Woman found guilty of leaving baby in garbage, gets probation

There are a lot of unanswered questions, which, on their face point to nothing less than criminal negligence, if not out-right murder.

The woman who brought her child to term, gave birth and placed it in a garbage dumpster where it was found dead. Allahpundit asks the obvious but important questions linked above; If she didn't want the baby, why not abort it? And if it was stillborn, why dispose of it that way?

Under a plea agreement, she will be sentenced June 27 to time already served - about 30 days of jail time and about 695 days of electronic monitoring. She also will be placed on five years' probation, said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.

Judge Kathleen Kennedy warned Ashcraft she could face up to 10 years in prison if she violates probation.

It was "a fair ending to a tragic situation," said her attorney, Mark Geragos.

A fair ending? Fair perhaps if she was extremely mentally handicap and couldn't tell right from wrong. I don't know what kind of educational standards they have at USC, but I don't think a person could make it to their third year without having the capacity to at least seek help for a newborn or stillborn, which would be the only situation making this sentence even close to being fair.