Grandmother convicted in death of 4-year-old granddaughter forced to drink whiskey

In Louisiana, a grandmother has been convicted for the deliberate killing of her four-year-old granddaughter, whom she forced to consume a fatal quantity of whiskey. The child died of acute alcohol poisoning — not through accident or neglect, but through an act of intentional harm by the very person entrusted with her care. The law has rendered its judgment, yet the deeper wound this case exposes — the fragility of a child's safety even within the family circle — resists any courtroom remedy. It is a reminder that the structures we build to protect the most vulnerable among us are only as stro