Newest e-mail movement: Caylee's law

From time to time, legislators will receive form e-mails lobbying for a certain cause or law. The latest, of which I have received 82 since last Tuesday, deals with creating a law making it a felony to fail to report the death (some emails say disappearance) of a child. Here's the e-mail:

Sen. Steve Harrelson
320 State Capitol Building
500 Woodlane Avenue
Little Rock AR 72201-1089

Greetings,

On July 5, 2011, at 1:15 pm CST, Casey Anthony was found not guilty of first degree murder in the death of her daughter Caylee Anthony. The only charges she now faces are four counts of falsifying police reports, each of which only carries a 1 year prison term. Since she has been in jail since August 2008, she will be out of jail ENTIRELY too soon.

I'm writing to propose that a new law be put into effect making it a felony for a parent, legal guardian, or caretaker to not notify law enforcement of the death of their child, accidental or otherwise, within 1 hour of said death being discovered. This way there will be no more cases like Casey Anthony's in the courts, and no more innocent children will have to go without justice.

Also, make it a felony for a parent, legal guardian, or caretaker to not notify law enforcement of the disappearance of a child within 24 hours, so proper steps can be taken to find that child before it's too late.

The case of Caylee Anthony was tragic, and there is no reason for another case like this one to hit the courts. Let's do what is necessary to prevent another case like this from happening.

Note: this email was sent as part of a petition started on Change.org, viewable at www.change.org/petitions/create-caylees-law.