Toss Out the Conviction, People

Also from ABC News/AP:

The Connecticut mother who was thrust into the national spotlight when she was convicted of creating an environment that contributed to her 12-year-old son's suicide received a suspended sentence today.

This was an atrocious case that never should have been brought, where a single mother was charged after her son hung himself in 2002. By the end of the case, prosecutors were down to persecuting the woman for keeping a dirty home. All they accomplished was to pile tragedy upon tragedy, while serving no one.

One would imagine that with all we hear about the criminal justice system being so woefully overtaxed, prosecutors might have had better applications for their time. Perhaps such as going after the governor of Connecticut - John Rowland, that great friend of the Bush family - for his egregious conduct. Ah, but we hear precious little of the impeachment proceedings underway for him, do we?