Let's say someone very dear to you commits murder (not in self-defense), which you learn about after the fact. Would you turn that person in to the authorities? Why or why not?
2006-12-12 06:35:54 · 30 answers · asked by mutterhalls 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not a chance. The only person very dear to me is my husband. There's no way in hell I'd turn him in because then I would have to live without him.
Plus I'd know that for him to have killed someone, they would have to have done something quite awful so I would consider it justified. Well, he MIGHT have just lost his temper in one of those silly situations, but I still wouldn't turn him in.
2006-12-12 06:49:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not enough information. If I learn about it after the fact, did I learn it from my dear one telling me or did I learn it some other way? That would make a big difference for me. If someone is dear to me, I probably have more faith in that person than I do in the criminal justice system and my dear one could probably give an explanation for her actions. Yes, I say "her" because the only people that are really dear to me are my mother and my sweetheart. Now if I learned from some other source that my Mom or my baby killed someone, I would wonder if this other person was going to turn her in. My first move would be to talk to Mom or Baby and find out if there is any truth in what I heard, and if so, why and so on. My relationship with my Mom or my sweetheart would be more important than my relationship with the authorities. But I don't know if that's what you mean.
2006-12-12 06:49:03 · answer #2 · answered by anyone 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Very complex question that's stated in far too simple wording.
A LOT would depend on the circumstances of the event.
For example: Let's say someone very dear to you commits murder by killing a known child molester that has consistently managed to evade the legal system. One of the victims is YOUR child. Would you turn that person in to the authorities? Why or why not?
As you can easily see, adding a bit of detail sure can change the nature of the question.
2006-12-12 06:43:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Based on the prevailing laws, a GOOD CITIZEN is required to report known crimes to the proper authorities. Otherwise you can be cited for being an "accomplice after the fact" --based on your given.
If the alleged criminal happens to be someone dear to me, I would first find out everything I can about how and why it happened.
In fact, come to think of it, I WOULD NOT READILY contribute such information until I can allow that person enough time to get out of Dodge and/or I am questioned by the authorities about my knowledge of it and make it official, whichever comes first.
Good thing this is a hypothetical question. What would even be a worse case scenario is if you have to take a stand as a witness AGAINST someone very dear to you. Heaven forbid that it ever happens to me!
Peace be with you.
2006-12-12 07:24:20 · answer #4 · answered by Arf Bee 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
Any manifestly violent person bothers me.
You are speaking here of murder as DEFINED by local laws and generally accepted by 50.1% of the free world.
Abortion is a hotly contested issue and I wouldn't turn someone in for that, even if it vilolted local law.
I wouldn't turn in an executioner who did the bidding of the state and killed an convicted inmate of a prison. That, too, is a hotly contested issue.
We are talking the killing of another, living, birth certificated, human who is not armed, dangerous and watned by the law and pointing a gun at you or someone you know.
All these are exceptions and mitigations.
We are talking about snipers, taking the law into your own hands and random, planned killings.
Not manslaghter or debated issues of morality that are in flux of change.
Another mitigating circumstance would be repettance. If the person did the killing when they were 20 and today they are 50 and they haven't done a single criminal thing since then, I might let it slide.
Everyone remember in the FREE WORLD it is a FELONY and SERIOUS CRIME to knowling let a criminal go free. It's called conspiracy after the fact.
2006-12-12 07:01:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. It's a bad idea to let your heart rule your head. If someone commits murder for no reason, they are dangerous and either need professional help, and/or to be kept out of the way of people.
2006-12-12 06:38:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it all dpends on the circumstances for instance if the victum was someone unknown ie. a stranger, an innocent person and as you said the murder wasnt self defence then i would heavily advice my 'friend' or 'family member' who committed this offence to speak to a doctor first as they must need medical attention incase they do it again due to a mental illness for example. then if that failed to get prompt attention of police id help that person open up to police and come clean. if the person isnt in any case willin to admit his/her mistake and boasts about the murder i would report it asap after i recorded them admittim it on secret tape!!!
if murder did occur but it wasnt in self defence but there was a hidden story behind this case ie.the so called victum was actually a rapist/peodhile etc etc i would keep quiet but not help the murderer so to speak.
i hope u arent in this position as its a tough one, great question though!!! xx
2006-12-12 06:44:58 · answer #7 · answered by crazylh555 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes- there is obviously something wrong with the murderer. I would want this person to get the help they needed. Isn't that was someone near and dear would do? Help someone in need.
2006-12-12 06:38:39 · answer #8 · answered by what can i do 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was 20, a boyfriend of mine shot and killed a neighbor over a drug deal gone bad. I suspected that my beau was in on it, and fairly certain when he left suddenly for parts unknown.
Eventually, he was picked up in Tempe and extradited back here, where he was acquitted of first degree murder, but found guilty of manslaughter.
He was released from prison in 1990, and wasn't out two weeks before he was killed in a motorcycle accident. Thing is, the truck that hit him ran him over, backed over him, and then ran over him again. This was a hit, and a rather nasty one at that. Final justice was served.
Did I ever tell anyone my suspicions? No.
Would I tell now? Not unless I was a witness to it myself.
2006-12-12 06:47:37 · answer #9 · answered by iamnoone 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
depends on the reason for murder.
in my opinion the justice system is pointless, people can murder and rape and get slapped on the hand and let free to do it again.
if someone raped or commited such an act against a loved one, id probably go kill them myself, and i wouldnt see anything wrong with anybody else doing the same.
if its for no purpose no reason behind it then yes id turn them it.
2006-12-12 06:38:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋