A father killed his daughter's drug dealer and goes to prison. Did the law fail the father or did the father fail the law?
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070119/national/crime_dad_boyfriend
2007-01-19 12:58:35 · 16 answers · asked by d/dx+d/dy+d/dz 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It is the primary responsibility of parents to look after the welfare and safety of their children. This is what the father did in this case although there was stress or pressure on him becasue of the futility of getting her daughter away from the boyfriend, threatening encounters and the addiction issue.
Given the verdict, I feel a 10-year prison term is worthwhile. It could had been no prison if the father did not put the law on his own hands but allowed the boyfried his day in court.
2007-01-19 13:33:51 · answer #1 · answered by Willie Boy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will be hard to see your daughter involved in drug abuse and especially running away after returning from the rehab and going back to the drug dealing boyfriend. I can imagine the tension and the anger that the father has been through to see the daughter getting high on drugs.........but murdering the boyfriend/dealer is not the answer to protect his daughter from drugs. It doesn't assure that your daughter won't return to drugs. This murder just made more families to go through very hard times and gave them unforgettable scares in their minds No one under any circumstances have the right to take the law in their own hand. The father shouldn't have let his emotions take the toll on him at that situation. It's hard and It's sad to see a loving father goes to jail, but the law says he is wrong. The law did not fail the father at any time.
2007-01-19 14:34:44 · answer #2 · answered by Vaas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A druggie will always find a new dealer with no problem. the father didnt think about that I dont guess, now daughter has a father in jail and a new dealer. If he really wanted to help her he would put her in a 12 month rehab.
2007-01-19 13:29:08 · answer #3 · answered by trans am ws-6 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The father failed the daughter or perhaps she failed him, by choosing or being led by circumstance to use drugs. Killing the drug dealer solved nothing, she'll simply find another dealer while he rots in prison for the next ten years.
2007-01-19 14:30:51 · answer #4 · answered by TJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not unless he killed the daughter too. While the father is in jail the daugher would more than likely still be a substance abuser and she is without a father in her life. It is not worth it.
He should have had the drug dealer put in jail and his daughter placed in rehab.
2007-01-19 13:33:08 · answer #5 · answered by hammer&nails 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this may well be one of the stupidest things Ive ever read. but since you morons are engaging in what you think is some high-minded philosophical debate, I'll give you the answer.
daughter is on drugs and has a regular dealer. the answer is simple - THE FATHER FAILED THE DAUGHTER.
2007-01-19 13:04:55 · answer #6 · answered by wineboy 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
He only failed by getting caught, but according to this
"Earlier in the day, he was refused a request for a mistrial because the judge instructed the jury that they could not return an acquittal in the case, meaning manslaughter was as low as they could go."
it sounds like the judge should be the one sent to prison.
2007-01-20 03:21:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
killing one single drug dealer will not stop the daughter from doing drugs if she really wants to...there are a million dealers on the street and there is a million ways to find the stuff you want
2007-01-19 13:36:58 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-12 15:39:47 · answer #9 · answered by bremmer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both the father did the wrong thing by taking the law into his own hands but he seems to get such a short sentence cause it was a dirt bag
2007-01-19 13:03:08 · answer #10 · answered by ldxcrunr88 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋