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Do you think parents who leave their children in the car to die on a very hot day deserve special punishment?

There are parents who leave their child in a car when the temperature is 100 degrees out. Temps inside a parked car can get up to 150 degrees on a really hot day. Dozens of children die in hot cars every year. The number of pets is likely much higher. It's a tragedy that can be prevented in most cases.
What people don't realize is how quickly temperatures can rise inside a closed vehicle. Even if it's 60 degrees outside, a car can still reach temperatures over 110 degrees inside. Cars can heat up 20 degrees in 10 minutes, and rolling down the windows or parking in the shade does little to keep a car interior cool on a hot day.

In Tennessee, it is legal to break a window if you see a child or pet in distress inside a locked vehicle. You must call 911 to inform authorities about the incident.
To demonstrate, East Tennessee Children's Hospital appeared on 10News at Noon and on WBIR's Facebook page on Tuesday. They installed a thermometer inside a vehicle with no air conditioners running.
At the beginning of the show, the temperature inside the car was 78 degrees, similar to when you park your car to go inside the grocery store or into work. Once the air conditioning was off and the car empty, the temperature inside the vehicle quickly rose--- to 150 degrees at the end of the hour!

Children or pets can get slow cooked, a horrible way to die. You hear parents say, I forgot he was in the car because he was asleep and not crying. How can a loving parent forget to take their child to day care? Are they hung over or in a drug induced stupor? What do you think these people deserve?

Do you think parents who leave their children in the car to die on a very hot day deserve special punishment?
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