justice? i think not

There was a 12 year old kid who lived down the street and around the corner.

His father had sexually molested him since he was 8. After one session the father said the next time would be different because the boy's younger brother and sister would be involved.

While the father was taking a nap, the boy got his father's rifle and shot the father dead.

The boy was the only one around, so he went to jail, but would not talk. He sat in jail for a year.

They spared him a trial. but he has to spend a LOT of years in prison. We are a big law and order state. We prosecute kids as adults, even if they have no emotional or intellectual maturity.

So, for saving his sister this boy has his life thrown away. Maybe it has to be that way, but I don't have to like it and I don't.

Had he gone to the prosecutor who judged him, he would have been brushed off. He would have been in more trouble than ever from the father and his life would get more and more hellish.

I am convinced that when these things are happening more people know about what is going on than any one will ever admit, and yet the kid is the victim.

In this case he was victimized by his father, and now by the court. So we are going to throw this kid away. We should be proud of ourselves.

I don't like it.