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A |     Danielle 编译          去年，工党政府通过了一项全球最严厉的法案——逐步提高买烟的年龄，禁止2009年1月1日及以后出生的人买烟，新西兰将逐渐成为无烟国，成为全球第一个彻底禁烟的国家。    DECATUR, Ga. -- A suburban Atlanta woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the 2021 murder of a 4-month-old who died after she placed him to sleep on his abdomen in the child care center she operated out of her basement.A judge sentenced Amanda Hickey, 48, on Friday after families of children she was accused of abusing gave emotional testimony against her.”I know that there is nothing I can say in words to take away their pain, except take responsibility and express extreme sorrow for what I’ve done,” Hickey told DeKalb County Superior Court Chief Judge LaTisha Dear Jackson, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “This is my legacy now.”Charlie Cronmiller was being cared for in Hickey's Little Lovey child care center when he died on Feb. 3, 2021. Hickey didn't check on him for more than two hours before finding him covered in vomit and not breathing. The infant was pronounced dead at a hospital.Hickey operated the child care center from the basement of her Dunwoody home. She initially told investigators that she put the baby down on his back, in line with state regulations, but that the child rolled over onto his abdomen. Security video, however, showed Hickey actually placed the infant facedown.Video showed her swinging other babies by their feet, slamming them into the ground, pulling their hair, pushing and tripping toddlers, and placing others in unsafe positions for sleep, prosecutors said. The victims ranged in age from 6 to 18 months.Hickey was licensed to care for six children, but prosecutors said 10 were inside her home the day Charlie died.She pleaded guilty Sept. 22 to seven counts of first-degree child cruelty, seven counts of reckless conduct, one count of second-degree child cruelty and three counts of battery. Hickey entered an Alford plea, which allows a person to maintain her innocence while acknowledging that it is in her best interest to plead guilty to charges of second-degree murder and second-degree child cruelty related to Cronmiller's death. “There is no remorse,” the baby's mother, Stephanie Cronmiller, told the court Friday. “The only thing she’s sorry about is that she got caught. I focus on forgiving myself because I chose her. How could I not think this was my fault?”Hickey was taken into custody immediately after the hearing. Jackson ordered that once Hickey is released from prison, she can’t have contact with the victims or any children younger than 13, and can’t gain financially from the case.。         Advertise with us          该法案因其严格禁烟，被誉为世界领先，获得全球瞩目，包括英国和澳大利亚在内的其他国家纷纷效仿。         不过，国家党领导的政府将废除这项无烟法案，以便收取更多的税收。

B |          据英文《先驱报》报道，今天（12月13日），惠灵顿和奥克兰爆发了集会抗议活动，反对政府推翻禁烟法案。         抗议人群除了公众，还有毛利卫生组织和卫生工作者。据悉，已有超过45000名新西兰人联合发声，反对政府废除禁烟法案。         惠灵顿的国会大厦外组织了两场抗议活动，约有1000人聚集。有几位反对党的议员出席了会议，包括领导立法的工党议员Dr Ayesha Verrall。         在奥克兰，约300人在市医院附近聚集，一路游行到行动党Epsom总部。         许多人挥舞着标语牌，指责政府将利益置于孩子们之上，不关心新西兰人的健康和福祉。

C |          David Letele是奥克兰南区的一名活跃的社区领袖，他对人群发表讲话，称尽管新西兰最近在降低吸烟率方面取得了很大进展，但人们仍然死于吸烟，联合政府若在此时废除这项法案，则会功亏一篑。         在惠灵顿，Verrall议员说，健康专家已向政府发出呼吁，要求停止废除禁烟法案。“政府计划废除这项法案来增加税收，这是完全不道德的。

D | 烟草对社区的危害毋庸置疑，有证据表明，无烟法案将挽救8000多人的生命，延长毛利人的预期寿命，并节省约13亿纽币的医疗费用。”          Verrall还向人群讲述了因吸烟而生病的人的故事，包括患上癌症或被迫截肢的人。         Verrall还声称，废除这项法案并不是国家党最初的政策计划，而是“在密室里进行的肮脏协议的结果”。她呼吁卫生部长Dr. Shane Reti履行诺言。         来自全国禁烟工作组织National Smokefree Taskforce的Hone Harawira也在国会集会中发表讲话，猛烈抨击了国会中那些想要废除这项法案的“一群混蛋”。“让人们死去吧，这样我们就可以给富人减税了。”          相关阅读：          “全球最严”法律或被废除 新西兰登上各大新闻头条          新政府隐藏6条新政策 取消全球瞩目的无烟法案          电子烟新法案生效，新西兰朝无烟社会再进一步          新西兰能实现2025年成为无烟国家的目标吗？          11月11日起，新西兰这项新法律正式生效          关于电子烟法案，你想知道的都在这里          电子烟在新西兰校园里流行吗？或正逐步取代香烟          政府不作为催生大量未成年烟民？总理回应了          约三分之一的中学生尝试吸电子烟，尤其是这些学校……          致命辐射就在你身边！真相被隐瞒了快 50 年          肺部遭腐蚀致死，电子烟真的安全吗？          新西兰2025年能成为无烟国家吗？可能需要禁止销售香烟才能实现          2025年实现无烟新西兰难度巨大，抽烟主力到底是谁？          注：本文为编译/原创，欢迎转发分享；但严禁复制等未经授权的非法使用。违反上述声明者，本网将追究其相关法律责任。使用授权请联系[email protected]。

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