Shouldn't There Be a Bystander Law?

So in Hartford, CT, an old man was run over by a car. The footage of the crash is terrifying itself. What's even worse is the footage for minutes of people driving around him in the street, walking past, even staring - anything but helping the man crying out in pain.

The man somehow was helped to the hospital and is now in critical condition. I understand that the people won't likely be punished for not helping because of the fact that the security camera couldn't get good enough footage to make out the license plate of the car, let alone anyone's face.

But wait, they wouldn't really be punished anyway, would they? What're the cops gonna do, charge them all with accessory to commit murder? Highly unlikely. Reckless behavior? Why do we not have a bystander law?

Think about it. How many people were bystanders before WWII, when Hitler's reign of terror could've been stopped, saving millions of lives? And as an aside, why do we never talk about the non-Jewish people who were also systematically attacked during this time? Homosexuals, mentally and physically disabled people, gypsies, and even people with the wrong colored hair, skin, or eyes were also murdered en mass.

So many people are afraid of helping, getting involved, assisting their fellow man. I could never understand this frame of mind. You can't just stand around and watch someone lying there in the street bleeding to death and not do anything. How incredibly heartless is that?

What I'm proposing is not a jail time offense in most cases. Just a fine or community service - something that maybe will help them understand the value of helping others. I'd only ask that they be jailed if the person injured died as a direct result of not being helped.

I sincerely wish we didn't have to have a law like this, that people would follow the words of their parents, religion, even society and help the people around them.