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Originally Posted by Craven Morehead
What bothers me most about this is that holding the parents responsible excuses the actions of the kid. He gets a pass on this. At some point in this kid's life he should need to confront his own person responsibility for his actions. If not now over this, it may never happen.
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I disagree with you there, only b/c the kid also got 10 years in prison. I think the jail time holds the kid responsible.
My thoughts on this are thus: if parents are going to be punished/punishable for the actions of their children while they are minors, the rules need to be set up first instead of deciding on a case by case basis. IE if your kid is underage and rapes someone, junior gets ten years and mom and dad get two. Cut and dry. The whole discussion on the loving environment at home really clouds the issue at hand. All parents attempt to provide a good home for their children and it's very subjective to say that one set of parents is better than another so they shouldn't get in trouble if their kid rapes someone (or whatever). IF the parents are to be punished/punishable, the sentencing structure and guidelines need to be established firmly so that they can be equally applied to every case.