Mother on Probation for Neglect kills child by... Neglect...

CNN posted this avoidable mishap.

Sleeping mom kills nursing baby
Allegedly drunk, she apparently passes out on top of infant

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin (AP) -- A 4-month-old girl died when her inebriated mother fell asleep on top of her while breast-feeding, prosecutors said.

Lorinda Hawkins told police she fell asleep about 15 minutes after she started breast-feeding the baby February 23 because of her intoxication, a criminal complaint said. When she woke up about an hour later, the baby was pale and wasn't breathing, the complaint said.

Hawkins was charged Friday with one count of child neglect causing a death. If convicted as a repeat felony offender, she could be sentenced to 29 years in prison and fined $100,000.

Defense lawyer Steven Smits asked for Hawkins' release on signature bond so she could enter substance abuse treatment, but she remained jailed late Friday on $7,000 bond. A preliminary hearing was scheduled November 17.

The 27-year-old -- who was on probation for child neglect -- had consumed six double-shot alcoholic beverages at a bowling alley, the complaint said. A toxicologist estimated her blood alcohol level ranged from .15 to .27 percent.

Her husband drove Hawkins and their 4-year-old daughter to the bowling alley and later brought them home, then went out drinking himself, according to the complaint. The baby was unresponsive when he returned an hour later, the complaint said.

Hawkins was on probation for neglect of the same child, and was prohibited from drinking alcohol and from having unsupervised contact with all four of her children at once, court documents show.

Thank you law officials for enabling this to happen. This child's blood is also on your hands. Although I completely fault this pathetic excuse for motherhood, you also have a hand in this. Next time, do not allow someone this messed up to have her children.

Sometimes, the world just doesn't seem to have its head on straight. Remind me not to go to Wisconsin any time soon as I would probably be forced to start my own population limitation campaign.