[CaptainCrunch]

I don't really think that the courts can punish the family anymore thoroughly then they are being punished now. At some point (Oh god Aliens are in my head) compassion has to trump the law. In this case depending on the stories that I've heard, the parents actions weren't vindictive or willful, it was a mistake on their part to have that dog anywhere near the baby, and they lost a baby because of it.

Sometimes you have to work with people to get over stuff like this and move on, their lives are shattered, a jail term of fine or more public castigation is probably going to make things worse.

I think I'm for killing the dog, I think it was fairly callous of the media and the people calling for the dog's life to be saved and puts even more attention on a family that shouldn't have to make this decision right now, and will be judged in the court of public opinion no matter what their choice is.

The media probably could have held onto this story, and the people talking about adoption could have subtley approached the appropriate person people who could evaluate the adoptiblity of the dog.

These people's lives are probably absolutley shattered, they're probably never going to have a dog in their house again. Its lesson learned in the harshest possible sense.