No she does not need to be in jail. She should have taken him straight to the district office and not made any stops. She may have saved that childs life. If she hadn't picked him up, someone else may have. Anything could have happened. A pedophile could have gotten him and made him experience things no child should have to.He could have been hit by an automobile. A parent may have lost their child that day. The school should be held responsible.

She may have saved this kids life, true. That, we will never know for sure.

What we DO know for sure is that this woman is off-kilter. She obviously didn't think ahead on this one. She has a child which is now motherless while she's in jail. Yes, she proved a point, but didn't she think of what the possible consequences of her actions would be?

Wooooaaahh....."we all know it can be done"??!!?? That's the point! It SHOULDN'T be done!!

I just dont understand why a parent would let their child go off on their own. Perhaps if some of us got off our bum and either walk or drive the child to school they would be safe.
I have a 14 year old and I STILL either walk with her or drive her to the bus-stop.
What this lady did was a good thing to bring attention to the parents who shouldnt be parents.
Face it, If you don't have time to take you child to school or a bus-stop, quit being a breeder!!!

The blame lies at the schools mostly as they were clearly not looking after the child. She brought the child to the school district office, it's not like she kidnapped him and asked for ransom!

ANOTHER ONE WITH NO CHILDREN!!!

Denny quit going overboard with the "wackipedia" citation. I think what this case boils down to is the black letter law vs. the spirit of the law and also the intent of the defendant. According to the black letter law , yes technically what she did was kidnapping but there was no premediation nor was there malicious intent in her actions (in order to be considered a crime intent has to be there- she did not go out that day intending to kidnap a child). her intent was only to show the school and public what was wrong with security not to commit a crime . Her intent can be proven by her actions - she called the media to bring attention to the issue . She was open about what she had done to the public not secretive as a REAL kidnapper would be. in this case you wouldnt want to invoke remedies that the letter of the law requires one would invoke the spirit of the law. I would say that her lawyer will have a fairly easy time getting the charges dropped....

We should really be angry with the school

point and case why is no one mad at the School? or the parent that left the child unattened. Why does everyone always think the worldt out of everyone. There are still people who are decent. A good parent would have made sure the child was in the school... whether walking them to the door or inot the school. Blame the parent who didnt care.. and if you would have sought revenge on the person .. you would be in jail to. What good would you being doing your children there..

Yes, I've got a child, a three year old, who I love very much. Yes kidnapping is a crime. So is murder. Would you rather have to bury your child then to pick him up to from the school's district office because someone saw him walking away from school and cared enough to pick him up. Yes, she should have taken him back to school. I agree with that. What would have happened if someone who didn't care about his wellbeing would have picked him up

Yes, the school is at fault. They have a civil responsibility for the safety of every student in CCSD.

Yes, the parents of the kidnapped child are unfit parents. What happened to teaching your child never to talk to strangers? What happened to teaching your child to never enter another persons car?

Finally, yes, the person who picked up the little kid who was walking around the front of the school is a kidnapper and should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

Apparently some of you are having a hard time with putting yourself in the shoes of the parents of the kidnapped child.

Cece seems to think that a "kidnapper" is looking out for the wellbeing of a child. Sigh. How is it in todays society that someone can kidnap a child to "show that it can be done". If that was ok for people to do this type of protest, then someone can walk up to the newly built Freedom Tower in NYC (when it is finally completed) and blow it up just like the Twin Towers just to "show that it can be done" so long as they didn't intend to hurt anyone.


Kara, you don't need premeditation, nor malice intent in order to be charged with kidnapping. Her intent was to take a child to "show them that it can be done". Just because she admitted publicly that she was bringing the child back to safety, doesn't mean that she is innocent.

I feel that the woman who took the child for a ride in her car and went shopping at Wal-Mart should be charged with kidnapping because the parents of the child, I am sure, will sue CCSD. They will have to make an example of the kidnapper and punish heavily. Not to the fullest extent and not the easiest punishment either.

We all should thank God that it wasn't our child that this happened to.

Denny,

Seriously? Even if you don't let your child out of your sight like these people did (or the school did), would you have rather (like everyone else is saying) a pedophile picked the kid up? I think she didn't think it through well. I think she should have got the kid in her car, stayed where she was, called the media and the police, and waited. Or gone straight to the cop shop.

Rapists get out with less than death, all the time. Why should someone who drove a kid around for an hour or so (who didn't hurt him in any way) be punished so severely? I don't think any punishment is necessary, but at the most a fine.

Just another example how screwed up our justice system is. Petty theifs and non violent offenders get much larger sentences than rapists and child molesters. Someone wake me up when this country makes sense again.

I don't have any of my own kids, but I have two step children and many neices and nephews. I also asked the actual mothers and fathers what they thought, and while they said they'd be a little irritated, they think someone needs to make the school shape up and ultimately would be much happier that this lady picked the kid up rather than have him in harms way.

Ignortant people like you shouldn't breed or be allowed to vote. You are an example of everything that is wrong in this country.

I am "ignortant" and you cannot even spell ignorant?
ok
Wake up!

We all KNOW the kidnapper didn't think it through well. Can she spell moron?

Someone actually TOOK a kid and you feel that they should get off easy because they SAID that they only wanted to prove a point.

There were no rapists, killers, pedophiles, nor killers associated within this case. I don't know why you are even bringing them up. Everyone knows that no sexual, physical harm came into play here. Possibly mental harm was done to the little boy.

Pedophile, rapist, killer, murderer... whatever you want to label them. WHOMEVER picked that child up has now the label of KIDNAPPER. Get it? Irregardless if there is another illegal charge tied in along with kidnapping, she still is a kidnapper. You don't need to be a rapist, murderer, pedophile nor a killer to qualify yourself to be a kidnapper.

How can you associate kidnapping with petty theft? Where is your logic?

Let's take, for example, the World Trade Center Attack. Those buildings were leveled and thousands lost their lives. Now they are rebuilding in NYC with a new tower. Its called the Freedom Tower. Now lets say someone goes into the new Freedom Tower after its rebuilt and blows it up somehow, either by crashing into it with airplanes like they did last time or some other way. Now mind you the person who blew it up didn't intend to hurt anyone and luckily, no one was in fact hurt. The person who blew it up only wanted to prove the point that someone can blow it up again.

There's a reason you don't have kids of your own. Think about it.
Thank God you aren't a lawmaker.

God Bless You Carrie

Well then I guess I'm a moran - the school and the parent of that child should be ashamed - what if it was a real kidnapping and the family of that little boy never saw him again or he comes home going through God only knows what - should she have thought it out - yes - cause know she's the one who is going to be punished and the school will continue to do what they've always done - nothing - till it happens for real