When the actus reus of omission is not specifically stated in the statute, should a woman be charged with child abuse for watching her husband and another man engage in sexual intercourse with a 12-year-old girl temporarily in her custody and replying to the girl that she "really didn't care" about it [Degren v.State, 722 A.2d 887 (Md. 1999)]?

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