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Father 'executes son after teen confesses to sexually abusing sister'

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Posted by tipper 2009-11-21 00:41|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 I get it. I would have wanted to do the same thing. What a choice to make - I'll pray for this guy, sounds like his heart is in the right place. This doesn't fall neatly into the right or wrong category does it?

Posted by Rob06">Rob06 2009-11-21 10:39|| 2009-11-21 10:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Little bit different light castery thar.

Posted by Perry Stanford White 2009-11-21 11:50|| 2009-11-21 11:50|| Front Page Top

#3 It's murder, it's not justice.

Justice would be father turning in son to the law and then ensuring that the son is punished appropriately.

A 15 year old boy who abuses a 3 year old girl is, by definition, seriously, psychologically disturbed. He needs evaluation, treatment, and appropriate punishment.

But you don't execute 15 year olds.

And you don't murder them.

Posted by Steve White 2009-11-21 13:12|| 2009-11-21 13:12|| Front Page Top

#4 what if some 15 year old molested your 3 yr old daughter?

Posted by chris">chris 2009-11-21 13:34|| 2009-11-21 13:34|| Front Page Top

#5 In a simpler time, the guy would be sitting in the sheriff's office, and they'd be drinking Old Crow from a bottle out of the bottom drawer, and the story never would have made the paper. Who says newer is better?

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2009-11-21 13:41|| 2009-11-21 13:41|| Front Page Top

#6 I hope the father could tell the confession was real and not just some ill advised lie to hurt dad.

Posted by rjschwarz 2009-11-21 14:40|| 2009-11-21 14:40|| Front Page Top

#7 or an ill advised lie to hurt mom. Or mom making stuff up to get shiv dad for some reason. Sounds like the dad stormed in and shot the kid without hearing any additional details. Of course this might not be the first time, or the details might have been left out by the reporter.

Posted by rjschwarz 2009-11-21 14:42|| 2009-11-21 14:42|| Front Page Top

#8 actually he made him strip and marched him to a vacant lot where he made him kneel and shot him

that's not "tough love". That's more rightly called murder

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-11-21 15:29|| 2009-11-21 15:29|| Front Page Top

#9 I think child molesters should be put down like dogs (including first-time offenders). That includes child molesters we call sons, fathers, cousins, uncles, or (pick a relative). It only takes one time and the person is psychologically traumatized for a lifetime. I wish this man the best and admire him for making a decision not even Abraham had to follow through with.

Posted by Yo Adrian 2009-11-21 16:45|| 2009-11-21 16:45|| Front Page Top

#10 really? And what evidence did he act on? The 15 yr old son's word? I actually have no problem with child molestation being a capital offense. I don't think was any way to handle it. What if the kid lied?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-11-21 17:02|| 2009-11-21 17:02|| Front Page Top

#11 It wouldn't be the way I would've handled it either... I would've buried my son and wouldn't have turned myself in. I hear your argument, Frank G. and it's a valid one, but, some 15 year olds are rotten to the core. If you ask me this father saved the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of dollars (not that that's the most important thing here) from years of counseling, possible probation, and not to mention the inevitable next victim he would've assaulted.

Posted by Yo Adrian 2009-11-21 17:08|| 2009-11-21 17:08|| Front Page Top

#12 I hear you, but isn't that what honor killings are all about (to unarguably stretch the argument)? The father makes the decision? I'm more comfortable if the Dad took the kid by the neck to the local Police station, turned him in, and said "tell him what you told me"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-11-21 17:42|| 2009-11-21 17:42|| Front Page Top

#13 Parents don't kill their children. We pay big bucks to have a criminal justice system.

Posted by ed 2009-11-21 18:04|| 2009-11-21 18:04|| Front Page Top

#14 Frank has it. Fathers don't do this. That's why we have a justice system.

It's a short step from killing your son over the rape of a child to killing your daughter to protect the 'family honor'.

Posted by Steve White 2009-11-21 18:10|| 2009-11-21 18:10|| Front Page Top

#15 The moment I saw the heading, I knew the killer wasn't a Muslim. The Muslim tendency is to kill the victim rather than the perp, especially if the perp is his son.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2009-11-21 19:27|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2009-11-21 19:27|| Front Page Top

#16 This is a sad story. The reason we have a justice system is to avoid this sort of thing. But this was Detroit. There is no real justice system there, in that few would rely on the system for justice. Given the alienation of the people due to decades of incompetence of their government, the father may have felt that he had very few options to protect his daughter.

Posted by rammer">rammer 2009-11-21 21:16|| 2009-11-21 21:16|| Front Page Top

#17 Think of it as a reminder of why we have a justice system.

This man probably felt that the justice system he is part of would not work, so he took matters into his own hands. If the justice system does not work, you will see more and more of this kind of two-front tragedy.

Posted by gorb 2009-11-21 21:31|| 2009-11-21 21:31|| Front Page Top

#18 Terminating that particular line of Y chromosome.

Posted by KBK 2009-11-21 23:02|| 2009-11-21 23:02|| Front Page Top

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