I'm not real sure what to think about this case. It tears me up for many reasons. As a father of a two-year-old daughter I can't imagine the complete and total anguish I would experience if my daughter were the younger child in the case. Even writing about this is making me extremely uncomfortable and distraught.
That said, in this case it does sound like there are two victims--the child and Aaron. As a parent it is hard to separate justice from revenge. When our children are wronged we say we want justice but in many cases I think revenge may be a better description.
My question is this...should Aaron be shown leniency because of his cognitive status? As a side note, the correct terminology is teen with a cognitive disability NOT mentally disabled teen. Fox News and all the other news stations need to pay attention to this.
I am not a lawyer and I certainly don't know all the facts in this particular case, but what should be done? What is just? What is right? Can justice and rightness be one and the same in this case? I don't know.
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