Child Endangerment Bill  A bill moving through the Georgia House
could finally give the state a clear-cut child endangerment law.
It would also put more teeth into the state's current child
cruelty law.  Protecting Georgia’s children is a high priority
for some lawmakers which is why they are hoping to pass the
state's first child endangerment law.  "Any person causing a
child under the age of 18 excessive mental or physical pain"
could be charged with a second-degree felony this includes those
who keep a child in an abusive situation, even if they are not
the abuser.  "It's kinda hard to say whether or not it's fair
that they should be prosecuted for not endangering their own
lives, but the intentions of the law are very much alive,” says
concerned parent Kendrick Duncan.  Essentially, it will hold
people responsible for being negligent with a child's well-
being. But, it's causing some uneasiness among the domestic
abuse community, referring to people who keep kids in an abusive
home, they tell us criminali