Comments on: Moral Dilemma Friday: Would You Go To The Police?

By: M E 2

M E 2 — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:17:51 +0000

Count me in as one of the “I wouldn’t have provided an alibi in the first place” respondents.

By: Anon76

Anon76 — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:53:50 +0000

EXACTLY, Diane/anon
”
She’s going down for murder, but you will be going down for some combination of conspiracy, aiding and abetting and perjury.”

Plus, in the proposed circumstances, the jury may not be so friendly. Why? Because of the “abuse of a corpse” thing. Like, “okay, you killed him, but did you HAVE to chop his head off?”

By: Seneca

Seneca — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:24:48 +0000

Sam, I always thought it was the mother who killed little Jon Benete.
That’s an interesting theory about the brother. There was an episode of CSI that was like that once.

By: Diane/Anonym2857

Diane/Anonym2857 — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:08:08 +0000

Just a teensy point of order and another point to ponder:

If you did indeed give your daughter an alibi previously, when you now turn her in and get that good lawyer, be sure to get one for yourself as well. In fact, be sure that YOUR lawyer is better than HER lawyer. She’s going down for murder, but you will be going down for some combination of conspiracy, aiding and abetting and perjury. And you’ll both end up turning on the other in defense. Depending on the jury, it’s a crap shoot who will spend more time in jail.

Is it worth it?

Just sayin…

Diane

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:38:32 +0000

I also can’t imagine dealing with this. I have that problem with moral dilemma questions. I certainly *hope* that I would do the right thing. I hope I would not provide and alibi and also I hope I would turn in the evidence when I found it. I just don’t know though.

This is OT, but I have always *thought* (absolutely no proof, just a gut feeling) that Jon Benet Ramsey was done in by her brother and her parents didn’t want to lose BOTH kids, so protected him.

Sam

By: Seneca

Seneca — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:52:58 +0000

Oh, man, how do you come up with these, Karen? LOL
This is one that I can’t answer. I simply do not know.
I’d have to actually have to be in the situation before I could answer it.

Good question. An impossible one for me to answer, but still a good question.

By: Bhetti B

Bhetti B — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:14:23 +0000

What is in the daughter’s best interests? Psychological treatment and punishment for her doing wrong, being cleared of something that hangs over both of you, making sure she never kills again…

I don’t have a daughter. But I do have a little sister. I’m a religious person, I’m an ethical person and I love her to bits.

I strongly believe that everyone MUST face the consequences of their actions, so that they can have a chance at healing.

I hate lying and it causes me too much stress. I have done it for family before. I just don’t know if I’d go that far, whether I’d do it out of love… or out of fear.

By: SarahT

SarahT — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:10:13 +0000

Honestly? Unless I thought my daughter was psycho and likely to kill again, I’d give her the alibi. I’d assume he’d threatened her and she’d done it in self-defense. I know it’s not the *right* thing to do but I think I’d probably put my child’s welfare first.

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:57:23 +0000

If he was that much of a bum, I’d've probably offed him myself first…then made her help me hide the body.

By: melindaevette

melindaevette — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:34:50 +0000

I’d need the full story first, before I decide to lie. If it wasn’t some Jeffery Dahmer I enjoyed it and I’m gonna do it again, type stuff. We’d just never speak of it again.