At Times Like This I fear For Our Civilization
This story is sickening. Grandma and Grandpa decided they really, really didn't like their son being tried for raping a child or two. So they tried to hire a hit man to do away with the witnesses.
TAVARES, Florida (AP) — A couple tried to hire a hit man to kill their three grandchildren and daughter-in-law to stop them from testifying against their son in his rape trial, authorities said.
The couple, ages 60 and 59, were charged with four counts each of criminal conspiracy to commit murder. They were being held without bond.
Police said the pair initially offered $100 to an undercover sheriff's deputy to kill their son's wife, their 10-year-old granddaughter, two step-grandchildren, ages 14 and 16, and the family dog.
More money was promised after the killings, said Lake County sheriff's Sgt. Christie Mysinger.
This is positively disgusting. Trying to murder children to protect a monster who raped those children?
Still against the death penalty?
Civilization, Crime | Gaius Friday, 2 June , 2006
By DSmith, Friday, 2 June , 2006 @ 8:39 pm
No, I’m not making excuses, and so far as I am concerned they should all fry. But it makes you wonder what went on in the household when the accused rapist was a child. Maybe the apple didn’t fall far from the tree.
By Tony, Friday, 2 June , 2006 @ 9:10 pm
Still against the death penalty?
Yep.
By Gaius, Saturday, 3 June , 2006 @ 6:03 am
I shudder to think.