Dad accused of killing son over sex abuse claim

[strollingbones]

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. - A 37-year-old father irate over hearing his 15-year-old son had sexual contact with a 3-year-old girl made the teen strip at gunpoint, marched him to a vacant lot and shot him to death despite pleas from the boy and his mother, a relative said.

Dad accused of killing son over sex with tot - Crime & courts- msnbc.com

 

[Douger]

Give the guy a medal and early retirement.
That's very likely going to make sure that doesn't happen again.

 

[strollingbones]

so you think we should execute 15 yr olds now?

 

[Xenophon]

Suppose the kid didn't do it.

Bad business.

 

[xotoxi]

That's bad.

 

[Anguille]

Give the guy a medal and early retirement.
That's very likely going to make sure that doesn't happen again.

Which is worse? Having sex with a child or killing a child?

 

[strollingbones]

the kid fessed to the mother that he has touched the child...no one knows how etc...father just drove over and executed the kid...thats just not right....the father should have turned the kid into the police and got him help

 

[Anguille]

Suppose the kid didn't do it.

Bad business.

The boy's mother, Lazette Cherry, told the Detroit Free Press that her son told her he had improper sexual contact with the girl.
"I called and told his father. This isn't something you sweep under the rug," she said.
Cherry said the elder Pinkney arrived at the home with a gun, ordered his son to strip and marched him outside despite her protests.
"He got on his knees and begged, ‘No, Daddy, no,’ and he pulled the trigger," Cherry said.



Sounds like the kid knew he had done something wrong and went to his mother for help.

 

[strollingbones]

i think the father is guilty of 1st degree murder and the fact of what his son did should not be a part of his defense

 

[rdean]

At least he wasn't gay.

 

[Anguille]

i think the father is guilty of 1st degree murder and the fact of what his son did should not be a part of his defense

Doesn't first degree murder require premeditation? It will probably be defended as a crime of passion, but I agree that he has no excuse for killing his son. I wonder what previous kinds of abuse he inflicted on his son before killing him. What makes a human being become this way?

 

[007]

A father that would KILL his son in such a manner is no kind of father... under ANY circumstances.

The dad should be sentenced to death for that.

 

[strollingbones]

the father drove over...drove over...if the drive was only a few minutes....the father got a gun.....what the hell is not premediated here?

 

[California Girl]

the kid fessed to the mother that he has touched the child...no one knows how etc...father just drove over and executed the kid...thats just not right....the father should have turned the kid into the police and got him help

That does seem to have been the obvious - and most appropriate course of action.