Parents typically cannot be criminally prosecuted for their children’s acts simply because they are parents. However, if the parent participates or encourages the act, they could be charged directly, as an accessory, or even as a co-conspirator. The question of whether parents should be held responsible for a child who commits a terrible act, such as a school shooting, is a different kind of unfolding tragedy. Most states will hold parents liable for their kids in civil court and criminalize the act of “contributing to the delinquency of a minor”, with which parents can be charged.
In an unprecedented case last month, a Michigan court affirmatively held that parents can be legally liable for the criminal actions of their children. Many others supported the conviction, arguing that under certain circumstances, parents should be held responsible for their children’s crimes given the circumstances. Legislations and courts across the country have deemed that in some circumstances, parents should be held accountable for the crimes committed by their children.
Parental responsibility laws, varying greatly within and among the states, attempt to involve parents in the lives of their children by holding them civilly and/or criminally liable for their children’s actions. Juvenile offenders aged 12 to 17 who commit an offense are penalized under juvenile criminal law, and the court may also apply juvenile criminal law to adults aged 18 to 18. Jennifer Crumbley was convicted on four counts of involuntary manslaughter, one for each of the Michigan high school students her son had.
Previous research indicates that people ascribe less responsibility to juvenile offenders than adult offenders for the crimes they have committed. Some argue that parents should be held responsible for the crimes of their children, while others affirm that they should not be liable.
📹 16Should parents be punished if children commit crime
I believe that parents should be held responsible if their children commit any crime. A number of arguments surround my opinion.
📹 Law – Should you be Punished for the Crimes of Your Family!
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So if parents can be held accountable for the crimes of their children, how in the world is it that for example, police chiefs can’t be held accountable for the crimes of their employees? It’s not like families have policies that everyone has to follow, but police have policies that they ALL AGREE TO FOLLOW. If parents can be charged, those hiring criminal cops should be too.
if you give your cars keys to a drunk driver and they get a D.U.I you will also be charged with D.U.I.This law has been around for a very long time. Giving a gun to someone that’s not supposed to have it (children cant own guns in Georgia) and they k1ll someone, you should be charged with the same crimes. Murd3r is alot more serious than a D.U.I. so i don’t see that difference. please explain the difference if there is one.
parents cannot be criminally charged for crimes committed by their children. However, there are specific circumstances where parents may face consequences for their children’s actions. Civil Liability Some states have laws that hold parents accountable for their children’s behavior, particularly in cases of habitual truancy. For example, parents may face fines or even jail time if their children are frequently absent from school. Additionally, in Maryland, parents may be asked to pay restitution if their child damages someone’s property. Organized Crime and Accomplice Liability In cases of organized crime or conspiracy, individuals who support or plan criminal activities with family members can be held criminally accountable, even if they did not personally commit the crime. This concept of accomplice liability applies regardless of familial relationships. Harboring a Fugitive Family Member Some states have laws addressing harboring a fugitive family member, which may result in criminal charges for individuals who knowingly shelter or assist a family member who has committed a crime. Key Takeaways Parents cannot be criminally charged for crimes committed by their children. Civil liability may apply in specific circumstances, such as habitual truancy or property damage. Individuals who support or plan criminal activities with family members may be held criminally accountable as accomplices. Harboring a fugitive family member may result in criminal charges.
My son told me about his friend’s brother stole and sold his mother’s gun and when the mother reported it to the police, the police arrested the mother for not having the gun secured. charges were pressed against her and I think she actually spent a small time in jail and now has a record. This will certainly make people stop having kids and maybe that’s part of the plan.
FYI, for those of you who fly in/out of US airports, many local and fed LEO’s will tell you photography is not allowed inside the airport terminal. LEO’s may threaten to detain you, demand ID or trespass you, simply for recording. Here is the primary federal case law that allows photography in non-secure areas of the airport terminal. It is well settled law. It does not matter that an airport is a non-public forum: 1. Board of Airport Commissioners of Los Angeles County v Jews for Jesus 2. Kolender v Lawson 3. Cohen v California
While each case is different, for the most part I agree. Instead of state/fed gov’t investing more in mental health support for all young ppl, they send mixed messages: ur child has a right to privacy and we (schools) don’t have to share that information w/the parent. Yet when a tragedy happens, the sole responsibility is on the parent. This is def 19 84.
Something else that you really gotta understand to, which hopefully you do. Here in Washington state and I believe every state across the nation ai is running almost everything. ai tracks all communication that happens over everybody’s cellular device and the Internet, via social media platforms. Once ai distinguishes that somebody is on to the government and what they’re doing, it triggers a human law enforcement officer over their computers aka CAD systems (the computers all the RoBo Cops have in their Units). Law Enforcement these days would NOT know what to do without their CAD system telling them. It really gives the movie RoboCop, a whole new meaning . I really hope they come out with a sequel to that one.
YOUTH is not some sort of GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD. Parents should be completely responsible for their minor children. That’s a GOOD thing. Too many children join gangs and commit major crimes in my city thinking they will just get away with it because they’re minors, and their parents don’t care because their parents won’t get in trouble either. This must end and it must end yesterday!
I very much disagree with you; So this is my Good Faith response to the article as i watched it. I watched it in it’s entirety. Parents who negligently raise their child, and that child goes off and slaughters others; You hold responsibility for that. This isn’t new ground being broken; This concept has been around for over 120 years in this country. Parents should be worried that their child grows up to slaughter a school, and they should fear CRIMINAL responsibility for raising a child that would do so. “It is a fundamental principle of law, that the children, or family, or relatives, or associates are not punished for the crimes of another” The parents aren’t being charged with the crime of another, they are being charged as culpable in the crime. They had a duty, and failed in said duty making them liable. This is just a slippery slope fallacy that assumes because parents are being held liable for negligently raising their children and refusing to intervene, that somehow the neighbors would be culpable. Just because you think its “cruel and unusual punishment” doesn’t make it so. “All these people following the story” or maybe they agree with holding parents who are negligent in their child’s mass shooting, accountable. You are just rejecting marbury vs madison and pretending you are right. Sure, if judicial review wasn’t a power SCOTUS had then i would agree that the government couldn’t limit what firearm you buy and who you buy it for. HOWEVER, you live in a word where judicial review exists, and the courts have ruled that the united states can make some limits without violating the constitution.
Interesting topic…. I believe the Parents are King and Queen of their own castle… And whatever happens inside their castle is their responsibility and no government should meddle with it. But then they are also responsible if a member of their castle causes injury to others.. until the member of the castle moves out to form his own castle… so while a minor is in their custody they are responsible of whatever their minor does to others… However TODAY takes ownership of your children…and they are no longer your children…. they own them and they can even assign custody to others… so in that case if the government has control of your children the government should also raise the child, feed the child and be responsible of the acts of the child. As a parent your are responsible of what your children do… That will improve the quality of your parenthood. But then again that is not the case…. so here is a contradiction… either the parents have control and bear responsibility for their minor actions or not… we have a double standard… I think it would be better if that was the case… the parents control all their affairs of their household but also all the responsibilities.
Hello Gavin, we met 2 years ago, you were walking dogs and kids in Tequisquiapan, we chatted, I’m a Canadian guy, I worked with David icke and others, I understand legal is not lawful ideas. I’m back in Tequisquiapan for a week or so, if you are still in town be nice to meet up for coffee and chat about legal scams right from the con of our birth certificate.. just watched your mall cops episode …great stuff and so simple. Human rights vrs people rights …the big con!
My man, he’s not being charged for the crimes of his child. He’s being charged for his own crimes. He placed a deadly weapon in the hands of a known-dangerous child. Child commits murder with said weapon. Father is an accomplice to the act. I understand what you are saying and I used to think like you. But just like the child should be held responsible for what he did, the father needs to be held accountable for what HE did.
Yes Gavin I have commented on websites about this unrighteous punishment. Its the same thing Law Enforcement has been doing when 1 of their officers die as a result of trying to apprehend a criminal even if another cop shot the cop…they charge the person they were after for killing the cop instead of the cop that actually shot the other cop. Its a shame that so many lemmings attacked me when I spoke this in comments where they charged this father for the crimes of his son. It shows me we are in end times and that God is not in most of these people.
As the narrative go… If FBI and cops knew- then FBI and cops and teachers and social workers are guilty, The reality is that there are too many people twidling their thumbs at their desk thinking how justify their job- by made to the order laws, soon al the passangers on the car or bus will be charged for the driver missing a red light (because they should had stop the driver first?¿?¿? Is going that way
I raised my daughter right!! I never had to worry about her doing any dum dum shit. I was very open with my daughter, and I let her start showing responsibility and doing things on her own without harping her all the time. I gave her my trust, but she also knew that she could lose it too. I have ALWAYS had a gun and my daughter knew I had one. She knew the dangers of guns because I taught her that too! So I never had to worry about anything with my daughter. My daughter is my daughter, but I also gave her the respect that I would give my friends too. I did let her have her privacy, which I did not invade, unless I had damn good reason to. I even took in one of my daughters friends under my wing because she was having problems with her mother, and she had just lost her father, who passed away. I let them both have their freedom, but at the same time I taught them the price of screwing up. Although I have been through a lot through the government and my daughter was there by my side, witnessing everything. She knew undoubtably that I did nothing to deserve anything that was happening. It all began with a wrongfull foreclosure. But since nepotism is so HIGH here in Washington state. They tried to hit me in every other aspect of my life, including my daughters and her education. I was actually the one who contacted you in Spokane when the police came to arrest me because I would not allow them to serve my daughter Beckaville court documents because she was enrolled in school. She was forced to transfer to a different school all the way out in the valley because of her diagnosis and the incident she had at Gary middle school when she fainted.
Romans 13:1-14 (NKJV) Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake. For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing. Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor. Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.
You don’t hold a parent responsible for their descendents actions when their descendant is an adult but while their child is a MINOR CHILD, yes if course the parents are responsible. You’re fighting a straw man here. Draconian countries punish a 90 year old when their adult son commits a crime and you’re right that is bad but that’s not what happened here it’s a MINOR child. The parents are GUARDIANS.
If someone has kids, they are their responsibility. If a parent is negligent in their responsibility, as with this father, they need to have consequences. Your hate for government clearly blinds you to basic common sense that people need to be accountable for their choices. The father chose to have kids. The father chose to give the kid access to guns. He made those choices. Adults own their decisions.– ill wait for your childish simping response that you have said to everyone else. grow the hell up!
A fundamental principle of law. To you. Don’t you think it’s a little arrogant for you to just drop those words fundamental principle and all arguments stop, you win the debate because everyone who disagree is draconian. That’s name-calling Gavin. You might as well say I’m wrong because my farts stink. You can do better than that.
The father participated in HIS OWN CRIME and is being charge for HIS OWN ACTIONS, not his sons. Allowing a minor to have access to a semi-automatic riffle is a crime. And a person is responsible for all subsequent crimes and infractions that occur, during or as a result of the perpetuation of their initial criminal action. If you are in a Police chase and a pedestrian gets ran over,… you take their death as a charge also,.. even if the police ran them over, since you caused the chase endangering the public. The kid didnt steal the gun either. This “father of the year” literally gave his son (who is obviously mental and emotionally compromised) a weapon created for the sole purposed of mass fatalities, as a Christmas present? Why would you possibly give an AR (semi-automatic riffle) to a child for any reason, much less a child who has had murderous ideations? These charges will be the same as if the father handed him the gun and waited outside as the get away driver, for his son to finish the slaughter. This bit of “fake” outrage about the father being arrested, is because we’d hate to admit that, on the very rare occasion, sometimes the DOJ gets it right.