What Price Justice?----Father Executes Son
Posted: Thursday, November 19, 2009
by Sandra E. Graham
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When we hear the stories of child sexual abuse, we want the abuser to suffer and hurt the way their victims are hurt and suffer. The disgust and horror we feel as we think about these people, these strangers that we do not know, that can commit crimes of abuse against small children is magnified if we have young children ourselves.
But what of the abuser or pedophile that we do know, possibly even a family member? Are we so quick to judge harshly? Do we want a family member to suffer the same fate we would wish on a stranger, someone we haven't known all our lives? Would we require the same justice?
The enraged father comes home to mete out his own form of justice. Holding a gun to his son's head, the father forces the son to strip, then marches him out of the house while the boy and his mother cry and beg the father to stop. The boy is forced to kneel while his father shoots him several times in the head. An execution by any standards.
As horrible as the son's crime is, how can we justify this type of punishment? No one abhors child abuse more than I, but I would be hard pressed to justify the execution style killing of a 15-year-old boy. His crime was unconscionable, even for a 15-year-old, but he must have felt some remorse since he did go to his mother and confess. I seriously doubt that he was going to become an habitual molester as most habitual sex offenders and pedophiles don't confess until after they are caught red-handed. But, even so, what kind of father could arbitrarily shoot his son in the head while he knelt begging, "No, Daddy, No!", for his life.
I am all for punishment fitting the crime', but punishment needs to be dealt out by the law and beyond that, by God. So many criminals get away (or at least think they do) with their crimes, but I am a firm believer that those who do not receive their punishment here on earth will certainly receive judgment in the hereafter.
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More commentsYou've got to think maybe there was more to this - if those who abuse are usually themselves abused... maybe the father was afraid of what the son would tell when all this came out in the open? Sad, sad thing! MarijoThere weren't too many details to the story, so yes, anything is possible. Thanks for reading and commenting, Marijo.Sandra
We don't even know what the son did exactly. What is this "inappropriate touching" that the mother described? May not have been anything more than a curious young teen inappropriately examining his baby sister, not really "sexual abuse" at all. I guess now we'll never know. No sympathy for the father from me. Whatever the circumstance turns out to be, he should never see the light of day.No, we may never know all the true details. But whatever, I just can't imagine a father shooting his son that way. Terrible, terrible tagedy.Thanks for reading and commenting.Sandra
A well written, balanced and sensitive article about a tragic and emotive subject.Thanks for reading and commenting, Andy. And welcome to Searchwarp.Sandra
hey great article very sadThanks for reading and commenting, Brittany.
I don't even know how to comment on this. It just gave me a horribly sick feeling, beyond description. In my job I see death on a daily basis. I think that's what made this story seem even more horrifying to me.It was such a terrible incident. Thanks for reading and commenting, David.Sandra
Good points and well taken. You have such a gentle soul. I get really angry with the justice system over their protectionism against proven guilty predators but in this case I think that as David said it is horrific and beyond description.Thank you, Linda. I too, think the justice system is overly concerned with the criminal's rights; but this was just too much. Thanks for reading and commenting.Sandra
hi sandra,great article.and just think, the mother who had no idea what was going on until her son tells her, within hours, watches him beg for his life, and die.i abhor sex offenders, always have, but let the law, as you said, deal with them. vengeance is mine, said the Lord. now, instead of the boy serving a sentence in jail, his father will take his place.maybe he thought he was responsible?thanks for sharing,my best regards,sueThanks for reading and commenting, Sue. Have a great Thanksgiving!Sandra
the article was very helpful to me and it was a great article. To persuade the government to guarantee an adequately funded legal aid system ensuring quality representation and access to justice for all.Thanks for reading and commenting, Janice. And welcome to Searchwarp.Sandra
Sandra,I found this so disturbing that I couldn't respond when I read it. I needed a few days to ruminate on this one.I question the father's history. If the boy did abuse a toddler, what happened to this 15-year-old to prompt such an action assuming the story is correct? Obviously his father is a loose cannon. Is there much more to this than we know?Thanks for a good article.
I can't even imagine what went through the son's mind. What a horrible event, a permanent ending to a horrible situation for all. Good article, Sandra.
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