Please don't think i agree with this, I'm just explaining the law. I think she should be killed the same way she killed the poor little boy. So here's the reason: Because the law is all about technicalities. She put him in the scalding bath to punish him, not kill him. So then it's manslaughter, not murder, because her intent was not to kill, just maim. Manslaughter is unintentional. If we get into a fist fight and on your way home you die of a brain hemorrhage, I get charged with manslaughter. If we get into a fist fight and I pull a gun and shoot you in the head, it's murder. I can try to say "self defense", but I'm still going to get tried on the act of murder. If she had stabbed him she would have been tried on murder charges.