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Originally Posted by BoLevi
Should parents be responsible for other forms of homicide?
- Suicide where they missed the signs?
- Vehicular homicide where they purchased a vehicle for a child that subsequently killed people through DUI, incompetence, etc?
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Such a strange take.
I think even in this case, where the parents appear to have actually been very negligent, the prosecution will still have to present a rock solid case to establish that their negligence directly lead or contributed to the kid going to school with a gun and shooting people.
We already know there are mental issues at play, and defense will obviously argue it that way too.
I'm no lawyer, but one could conclude that in order to establish a legal case for these charges, the burden of guilt will need to be definite.
Which is why I'm fine with it, and it is about time we focus on holding parents responsible for the actions of their child as they have by far the greatest impact.