Someone ought to be responsible. In this case? The babysitter had a duty to protect those little ones. The act seems to fit the bill for negligent homicide. She could get probation, but she does deserve some sort of punishment for this.

There's a whole convoluted body of law dedicated to dangerous conditions on land (such as ponds) holding landowners liable for not securing those conditions against child-trespassers. I'm not sure what the Oklahoma law is regarding this.

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