I can't believe she was charged in the first place. I don't believe the mother did anything wrong. At least based on what little was presented in the article. Sometimes kids just don't listen. Kids die from accidents everyday.
Its hard to judge the driver. The driver did leave the scene. We don't know weather the driver was DUI or not. We don't know the mood of the crowd. THere was a simular case up in Indy. A driver hit a pregnant woman. Called 911 and then fled. They did catch him latter. He said the crowd was getting ugly and he feared for his life. One of that crowd, said he wouldn't have hurt him etc. Still, I could not blame the driver for leaving the scene. I could see the defence of not incieting a riot.

Tom