http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,342794,00.html I have been following this story with tangled emotions. Im glad that officials finally consented to letting him go see his daughter. If only for a bit. :cry:
I agree, I saw that on TV the other week. What bull****. Now, I think 30 days was a bit much to ask for, but even one day?? Come on, it's for the dying girl - not him.
This **** really *** me off. I mean, the system didn't work to prevent Eve Carson's death, but a non-violent offender needs an act of congress to see his dying daughter?
He did get to visit her before she died (on Wednesday) and they believe that she knew he was there. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,342794,00.html Now they're tring to get him permission to attend her funeral.
I have mixed emotions about letting someone out of prison to do anything...but you have to consider the little girl didn't deserve any of this or that. I don't think he should be able to attend the funeral though.
and i think you need a mental checkup let the man visit the funeral, he is non violent. hell, leave him in an orange jumpsuit, handcuffed and shackled, with 3 armed guards escorting him, but let him go this his daughters funeral. because if you dont, im sure he wont be non violent for much longer...
I mixed on this situation too. I mean do they let other (less violent inmates) out to say attend the funeral of their parents, kids, etc? If not, then what's the difference in his situation and theirs?
So, in your mind the fact that he has been incarcerated for committing a crime really means nothing? Is this a new rule you would like to see extended to all "non-violent" prisoners? The Prison system will have to hire a ton of new people to escort people around. Plain dumb!
Seems like a decent rule for non-violent offenders who lose a child while incarcerated. Which may happen more often than I know, but I doubt it's an every day occurrence. It's not much different than escorting them to court for hearings.
The difference being they are not with john-q-public. It seems to me the officer would be the one in danger by being outnumbered. Also, how many times do you hear about someone pretty much thought of as a "non-violent" person being anything but? Bundy, Gacy, Dahmer.........?
:iagree: non violent inmates are out (supervised) all the time. they pick up trash on the side of the road, work inside the DOC as housekeepers, handymen, painters, cooks, it's part of rehabilitation for non violent inmates. It would do no harm in letting this man go to a funeral for an hour.
I believe that if you have a child, parent, Grandparent, brother, sister or any close kin that are dying or their funeral,,that no matter who you are you should be able to visit or attend That's my $ worth
To me, I think it's not like the little girl was asking for her incarcerated father to take a trip to Disney with her for fun, or that he was asking to see his daughter because she was going to be married or something joyous and fun. This was the end of a life, one of a child, and is there really anything more tragic? And to me, since it was apparently the wish of a dying child it would seem that, because we are civilized and for the sake of humanity, we should honor this request... as it was. What a small thing to ask for, really, for her daddy to be able to be there as she passes on. The comfort that it must have given her is immeasurable.
Guy goes to prison for Meth. Never causes a single bit of trouble the entire time he's in. His son gets shot up during a shoot out with police (gang banger). On his death bed he requests that his father be allowed to come and see him before he dies. Do you let him go?
