Was justice served in the death of two-year-old Maximus Huyskens?

It was one of the most tragic stories of the summer.

On June 26, Leslie Macdonald, the 52-year-old grandmother of two-year-old Maximus Huyskens, failed to drop the boy off at daycare, instead leaving him buckled in his car seat in the back of her car. When she went to the daycare to pick him up that afternoon, she found the boy still in the back seat, dead.

It was one of the hottest days of the year, over 30 C. Temperatures in the car likely reached over 50 C. The boy died of hyperthermia — extreme body temperature.

Court records revealed Wednesday that Macdonald pleaded guilty to the crime of failing to provide the necessities of life. She received a suspended sentence plus two years of probation. She had also been charged with criminal negligence causing death, but that charge was withdrawn.

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So Macdonald will receive no jail time for causing her grandson's death so long as she fulfills the conditions of her probation.

Critics say the sentence is unjust, that she should be punished more severely. The child was in her care and ended up dead. Negligence or ignorance is not a viable excuse for a crime.

Supporters, however, say that the tragedy and loss is punishment enough for Macdonald. Jail time will do nothing to bring Maximus back, and serve no purpose in what clearly was an accident.

So we ask you: Was justice served in the death of two-year-old Maximus Huyskens?