Enough blame to go around

This little boy was murdered here by his daycare worker. He was put in this special daycare because his parents (divorced) thought he might have autism. The parents put him in daycare. The daycare didn't do background checks on their employees. The city didn't make sure the daycare followed the laws for the business liscence they granted. The worker's counseling liscence was suspended for a previous felony conviction. (Heroin) The daycare denies the person worked there. Then how do they explain letting her take the boy home with her?

http://www.journalnet.com/articles/2005/12/08/news/local/news01.txt is another story about the same. In it the mother is quoted saying she doesn't blame the daycare for her son's death. WTF? Apparently, the taxpayers paid for this center. Through Medicaid.

http://www.journalnet.com/articles/2005/12/07/news/breaking/news01.txt State legislatures suggest changes in regulations. Um, if the regulations had been followed, this little boy would still be alive. Changing the regulations isn't going to change a thing.
I suppose one lesson to take from this is that if you must put your child in daycare, you better demand to see all the background checks for everyone working there.