This post seems to assume that the McCann's have got off scot-free.
I'm pretty sure being charged with negligence would be the least of their worries. I agree, who knows what that poor kid has endured but imagine what you would be going through for the rest of your life if that was your child.
What this has got to do with showing them compassion is beyond me.
They are trying to find out what happened to their daughter knowing full well they are going to get abuse for it.
Unfortunately it was common practice in that complex to leave your kids in the evenings. If everyone is doing it, it must be ok. I can understand parents getting convinced their children are not at risk in that situation.
More importantly, they have been punished massively for a mistake that...
They must have been suspected and investigated countless times over the years by hundreds of police officers yet they are not behind bars. Really can't see they were involved or it would have come out by now.