Ok, so my Mom's boyfriend and I turned my Dad in for growing weed. He's been verbally abusing me for a while and I snapped. He had me down to zero.
So we turned him in. He's been growing weed since I was a baby, maybe before that. He's a good guy at heart, but he's so mean. That's not my Dad anymore.
The cops seized his brand new truck and have pics of him out at his plantation. He cried in front of me the other night. I regret turning him in. My Mom isn't stable, she skips from house to house. I didn't think of what it would be like going back there. And I love my Dad, I'm just so sorry. I forgive him for all the rotten and evil things he's done to me, my Mom, and my siblings. Believe me, he's done a lot.
But I don't want him to go to jail! No one deserves that! He was only doing that to support his family! He does have money, so if he could get a good lawyer, could he get off with no jail time? If not, what's the minimum time he would have to serve? Max?
2007-09-18 10:41:08 · 16 answers · asked by Pretty Maggie Money Eyes 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I feel so low and mean. I'm torn emotionally. I betrayed my Daddy. My Mom doesn't have a job or a house at the moment. I'm scared for my family.
2007-09-18 10:43:22 · update #1
well you had no option it seems, do not feel guilty, if something is against the law, it is against the law, if he was using drugs for his own use, not for sale, and was not abusive while using them ( soft drugs ) I would turn a blind eye to it, but anybody I knew growing and selling drugs I would put them in, my son uses I do not agree with it, as he has no money to waste on that sort of thing, and he has three young children not even school age, but if I put him in he would go to jail, been caught too many times, but it is really the only way to try and stop our loved ones and family from wasting their lives on drugs,
as for being abusive to you for a long time, I do wonder if it is through using drugs that he was abusive, sorry no child should be subjected to verbal or physical abuse from anybody and more so from their parents, seems like your mother needs some help too.
Life has many paths some take the wrong path and end up way of track, you have had and are still on the learning path, take notice of all that has happened to you as you go through life that you do not like, and when you have children do not subject them to the same
2007-09-18 10:56:46 · answer #1 · answered by please ask m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you wanted to turn him in, you got it. instead of being upset and acting WITHOUT thinking, you put him in a position that you dont want him in now. maybe this jail time will be good for him. he can think about all the wrong he's done and he can figure out how to find a good way to support a family. even though it could possibly be 5 years or more until he's out you can still visit him and tell him that you did this to him for a reason...
2007-09-18 17:51:48 · answer #2 · answered by oh no it's ashley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
should have thought about this before huh? He's gonna get locked up. One thing growing it, another to be dealing it. So he'll have multipule counts.
But dealing the courts don't have any choice it's mandatory prison time.
2007-09-18 17:50:06 · answer #3 · answered by ball 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the weed did this to him, you saved a lot of other people by turning him in. Possession with intent to distribute and probably manufacturing...don't think probation is in his future for a while.
2007-09-18 17:49:31 · answer #4 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ouch! I am sorry to hear this. If he can prove that it was medical and he lives in a state that reconises this he might have a chance. If not. Well. In the long run you might have done him a service. Dont feel too bad. I wish you well.
2007-09-18 17:48:46 · answer #5 · answered by Bern_CH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank the libs for giving your folks the idea that "free love" is something that's good for the family (if they even ever got married) and for the attitude "it's just pot!" Your story is part of the fruits of 40 years of Liberalism. I've seen it before with two of my sisters who grew up in the '60's.
2007-09-18 17:49:34 · answer #6 · answered by Lavrenti Beria 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If he is growing more than a single plant or two, he is going down for hard time. 5 years or more easy. They are most likely going to charge him with manufacturing which is worse than dealing.
2007-09-18 17:47:24 · answer #7 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I hope he does not get off! Growing drugs is illegal for a reason! Providing for a family is no excuse either! What was so wrong with him that he couldn't get a real job like the rest of us?!
2007-09-18 17:46:33 · answer #8 · answered by monkeyundermypillow 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your dad sounds like a real piece of crap. Stop feeling bad for turning him in.
2007-09-18 17:46:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why would you turn him in. He is using the money for you. Its to your help. You might as well start growing it again to get some money.
Why would you guys every turn him in, no matter what.
2007-09-18 17:46:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋