http://news.yahoo.com/2-charged-death-ala-girl-forced-run-082216169.html
Alright, so I (mostly) understand what happened, and it's terrible. The mother and the grandmother should definitely be held responsible in some way, I'm sure. But they're being charged with homicide? Child abuse, sure. Manslaughter, maybe. But legitimate murder charges because they forced their girl to run laps around the yard?
I realize there's plenty we don't know here. The article claims to not know whether she was physically forced to run or just driven verbally, and there's no mention of how quickly she had to "run." If she was whipped into a sprint for three hours, then yes, I understand the charges. But short of that, it seems like an overreaction....not that the punishment for lying about snaking a candy bar wasn't.