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Originally Posted by Bill14564
That parents are being charged at all proves there is a slope and your last paragraph describes how slippery it is.
This seems like the equivalent of looking for deep pockets in a lawsuit. If the person committing the crime is a minor then you can also go after the parents for your pound of flesh.
I'm sure there are some cases where the parents truly were negligent and should face some repercussions. Maybe thus is one of those cases. But charging parents ought to be the exception and not an acceptable knee jerk reaction.
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There have been only two cases that I am aware of, of the parents being charged...The shooting in Michigan where both parents were in fact convicted and now this one and I believe this father is indeed culpable and should be charged.