You know what scares me?

[Gribble]

There are people out there who would defend [URL="http://www.kcba.com/Global/story.asp?S=12337961"]this[/URL] man. People who say it's wrong to imprison him for life. People who say it's barbaric to execute him. People who would see him free after a few paltry years.

Disgusting.

[AdminOnline]

SANTA CRUZ, Calif- 23 year-old Erik Johnston was held on a variety of felony charges including grabbing his 9 month daughter by the arm and throwing her onto Highway 9.

The incident happened on April 1 when Johnston was allegedly driving with his two children, 22 months and 9 months, and their mother. According to the District Attorney's Office, Johnston became angry and pulled over to the side of the road. That is when he allegedly threw his nine month old daughter out of the car over twenty feet. The nine month old girl landed into the lanes of Highway 9, causing road rash and cuts to her stomach, sides and legs.

The mother, after retrieving her daughter, was ordered by Johnston return to the car so they could leave. Once parked at home, Johnston reportedly punched the mother multiple times in the side of her head. The nine month old was still in her mother's arms, bleeding and crying from her injuries.

In anger over his infant daughter's crying, Johnston was said to have elbowed her in the eye, causing a black eye.

An eyewitness who partially witnessed the event contacted the Sheriff's Office.

District attorney Bob Lee said that his office will prosecute the defendant to the fullest extent of the law. "Anyone who callously beats a 9 month old child like this deserves no mercy, we are going to throw the book at him" .

The defendant who has a previous conviction for Domestic Violence in 2009 will be arraigned late next week.

He is being charged with felony domestic battery, felony child endangerment causing serious bodily injury, false imprisonment, assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury, felony dissuading a witness, felony criminal threats, and a misdemeanor violation of a criminal protective order.

he treat his children like what? toys? -_-"

[Mish]

What a psycho

[MVPlaya]

There are people out there who would defend [URL="http://www.kcba.com/Global/story.asp?S=12337961"]this[/URL] man. People who say it's wrong to imprison him for life. People who say it's barbaric to execute him. People who would see him free after a few paltry years.

Disgusting.

Actually, being opposed to execution is completely separate from defending this man. You might see a temporary overlap, but they are different in principle, reasoning, and extent. I think that guy's a piece of shit and deserves to be in jail for a long ****ing time, but I don't think the answer to everything is murder.

[Gribble]

A dog savages a child, you put it down. That monster is less than a dog. A dog is incapable of reason and thus not to blame for its actions. I don't care if he's killed or not. I care that he'll one day be a free man. It scares the absolute shit out of me that I'm surrounded by people who think that's okay. I sincerely do not know who is worse, him or the the ones who let him go with a slap to the wrist.

[Sonrisa]

i say first he deserves to be raped by many big men and then death penalty. i'd love to see some of marquis de sade tactics applied to him.

[doppelgaenger]

I say put criminals like that in a penal colony in Antarctica.

[Gigabitch]

I have no moral issue with the death penalty in theory. The only thing I have to add is that the person who should put that mother****er down is the child's mother. If someone did that to my child, he wouldn't make it to jail.

[dono01]

I am not a violent person, but I am fairly sure that I could push the plunger in this dudes arm no problem.

[Junket]

If she had a gun, she could've shot him!

[Gigabitch]

If she had a gun, he probably would have taken it away from her and shot the kids. IMO, she's a huge part of the problem.

[vashti]

I have no moral issue with the death penalty in theory. The only thing I have to add is that the person who should put that mother****er down is the child's mother. If someone did that to my child, he wouldn't make it to jail.

That's the part that bothers me the most... WHY was there a woman even involved with this man? You KNOW this wasn't the first time he was violent. She should have protected that poor baby.

[Junket]

If she had a gun, he probably would have taken it away from her and shot the kids. IMO, she's a huge part of the problem.

Shoot them both?

[Gigabitch]

That's the part that bothers me the most... WHY was there a woman even involved with this man? You KNOW this wasn't the first time he was violent. She should have protected that poor baby.

I can't really think of something that makes me angrier than when women stay with guys like this and have their children. These guys should be pariahs, not babydaddies.

[Doc Durian]

A dog savages a child, you put it down. That monster is less than a dog. A dog is incapable of reason and thus not to blame for its actions. I don't care if he's killed or not. I care that he'll one day be a free man. It scares the absolute shit out of me that I'm surrounded by people who think that's okay. I sincerely do not know who is worse, him or the the ones who let him go with a slap to the wrist.

If the charges are proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, why shouldn't be he imprisoned for the defined period of time relative to the severity of the crime and subsequently released upon serving his sentence? Murdering a prisoner or holding them indefinitely beyond the scope of the initial violation is considered just as morally reprehensible to some as the crime is considered by yourself and others.