what i don't understand is how people can physically do this, they must have a very important part of them missing in their head that means they can do this without feeling bad..
it seems odd to me that anyone can have a baby at any time, there is no need for them to be checked if they have the money to look after a baby or if they are capable, new parents should be given compulsery basic training on just how important a child's life is.
tho really it looks like nobody really gave a crap in this case, if i was a social worker and saw someone trying to raise a child in a house with poo on the walls and dead animals on the floor that would be enough for me to put the child in care... obviously they are all blind.
i think the best punisment for these people is to make them realise what they have done and make them feel as sick as we feel reading it, and then let their own guilt eat them alive.