[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Zee

April Jones has never been found. They sentenced the man they believed murdered her but they've never found a body. I'm of the opinion that what they are responsible of, i.e. irresponsibly leaving their three infants by themselves that night (and every other night of their holiday), is still bad enough that they ought to be punished instead of treated as sympathetic figures in the media. No, they shouldn't be punished forever for such a catastrophic mistake, but to see them getting all this special attention around the world for what was an obscene level of negligence is more than a little bit difficult to take.

..I do find it hard to understand them leaving the children alone and especially so after they said that she had woken up the night before and asked where they were..but I see them getting an equal if not more amount of criticism as they do any sympathy and on the Crimewatch interview, Kate volunteered the information that Madeleine had woken up the night before and hadn't liked them going out and leaving her alone..so in saying that..to the world...that's not really going to get any sympathy/understanding, is it..so I don't see that they do that, they just want to keep the case high profile....

EDIT:..but also, isn't losing Madeleine for their decision to leave the children that night a huge, lifelong punishment...they have to live with that forever...