No. I believe she should die in that prison bed.

Help. I have made my own prison. Please make suggestions sm [2008-10-24]
I will try to make this brief. I have marital problems, husband is gone all the time. I came to work at home again because I have no help with our children. I need to be here if they are sick and be here when they get home from school. But I have become once again socially isolated (I did this type of work for years and had a job outside of the home and enjoyed it, except for the fact that my children did not get enough attention, so I quit). I do have friends but I don I used to walk several miles a day but never do that anymore, have gained weight, eat junk food, stay on the computer too long. I am constantly busy. I still do volunteer work with my children - Scouts, church, etc., but I am so overwhelmed. My husband is almost never here. It almost feels more like he comes to visit us sometimes than actually lives here, but I need his help financially and my son is very afraid for me to get a divorce (long story, but he is afraid he would have to live part-time with his dad, and they are not close). I have debt that my husband doesn But he won When I tell him I need more money he tells me things like, turn off the cable TV or don The thing is he spends lots and lots of money on entertaining himself. He makes 3 x as much as I do (or maybe 4 by now). I have not been allowed to open his mail for years and we pretty much never talk. I have started to allow things to pile up, mail around my desk, weight around my middle, clutter here and there. I just feel like a big slug. I am tired much of the time. In reading this I sound depressed but I am already taking an antidepressant which I started a few years ago because of my marriage.I love my children so dearly but I am afraid of leaving and disrupting their lives. If I left I would at least get my part of the equity in ourhome, etc., and maybe have a chance at having a life again. Anyway, I know this is long and rambling and jumbled, but I just woke up, from another night of poor sleep. Please suggest what you would do. Thanks

No. I believe she should die in that prison bed. [2008-06-16]
We gave as much tolerance as possible by letting her live, which - in my opinion - would have solved this whole situation years ago. She is free to execute herself if she wishes. I don't care if she is different, saved, rehabilitated. It does not excuse her hideous crime. She is there because she put herself there. JMHO

"Do that again and I'm taking you to the Baby Prison" [2008-05-14]
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Does life in prison sound good to you? I would [2008-02-09]
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As a civilized society, life in prison without parole [2008-02-08]
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Martha didnt know how to stay out of prison. Why [2008-01-24]
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Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison? [2007-12-06]
You know how you can tell a GREAT movie? When, even if you have the video with no commercial interruptions, if you Airplane is one of those movies I will stop my flick-fest and actually sit down to watch and laugh every single time. Same goes for all the Leslie Nillson Naked Gun flicks and pretty much any parody. Oh my gosh, LOVED Hot Shots with that older Bridges guy! ....I'm feeling a liquored-up comedy movie marathon coming up real soon!

I don't know about that - guys like that usually suffer in prison - even most criminals hate chil [2007-09-29]
He would probably get what he deserves better in prison - from the other prisoners, as long as they don't let him out!!

First castration without anesthetic...then prison. [2007-09-29]
But that's just me.

no problem-prison inmates will kill him.... [2007-09-29]

Anyone had a relationship with a person in jailr or prison? [2007-06-19]
Is it someone you knew or have you gotten to know them since they went to prison? Do you write them or visit?

Don't Enable [2008-10-17]
You need to nip this in the bud, literally, right now while you still have the opportunity to reach your son. I had the same parenting style you did. I too hid my sonall teens try it. I too had a husband who would have kicked my son out of the house to teach him a lesson. How I wish I could do it over. My oldest son is now addicted to meth and just got released from prison after 8-1/2 years. Buy your son a home drug kit and test him immediately. Continue to do so (especially after weekends). Sit your husband down and decide TOGETHER how tosave your son. If he pops positive, get him into treatment immediately. Drugs are absolutely destroying our children's lives. Get on top of the problem while you still can. Being a Mom is not a popularity contest. It is a serious responsibility that means a lot of uncomfortable decisions. My oldest is lost to drugs. I learned from my mistakes and my other 4 children didn't dare even try drugs. Learned The Hard Way

I agree. The Goldman family is a class act. They [2008-10-06]
deserve justice for their son and this is finally a feather in their cap. The sight of that moron Simpson makes my blood boil. Mr. personality can now give that big Colgate smile to his cell mate in prison. How will he ever continue the search he said he would be on to find the real killer of Nicole and Ron now that he will be incarcerated? What a joke and what ignorance of the people who let him slipthrough the first time around.

In all my years of school, I was never [2008-10-01]
once assaulted. This is assault. There was, however, a girl who did this to others. I was just fortunate enough to avoid her. She ended up in prison for murder about 3 years ago. Maybe if she It is not about being paranoid or vindictive. It is about teaching, teaching a child right from wrong, teaching a child that there are consequences for bad behavior. Children need to learn that at a very early age. It helps to form their conscious.

What would you do? - sm [2008-09-24]
You find out that your teen (almost 17) has been drinking, smoking cigarettes and pot, and you suspect other substances. She has been hanging around some new kids that by appearance are sketchy to say the least. She has become secretive, oppositional, rebellious, disrespectful (more than usual) and lies constantly. Has her license and has been driving around, but now you have reason to believe that she is driving recklessly, speeding and carting kids around, and you are worried about her driving under the influence, which she of course denies. When she gets grounded, instead of taking her punishment, earning back her rights, she becomes more oppositional, defiant, vulgar, and disrespectful. Every other word out of her mouth is the F bomb. She tells you F___ you!! constantly. Doesn't care what you say. Says she now no longer cares about school or anything. Wants to leave her prison (aka home) and is counting the days, etc., etc. My question is, at this point if you feel you have no control over your previously well behaved child, what would you do? How tough would you get? Would you start suspecting substance abuse being the cause of her behavioral changes? I need some insight here. Thanks for your thoughts.

last night the tests were back from the "air" testing...sm [2008-08-29]
They tested the air in the trunk to see if there was really human decomposition. They didn As of last night they were still waiting on the DNA results of the hair samples from the trunk also. Apparently they can tell if it was from a dead/decomposing body and of course whether or not it was the baby Maybe those came back. Oh! The guy who posted her bond said last night that he was going to revoke it. I'll bet that's it. It was so obvious right from the beginning that she was a lying sack of sh**! First of all, what mother just looks for her missing baby for a month without calling the police? or even telling her own mother? Then, what kind of freakin Not only that but she also had a FEW boyfreinds during it all. Men would be the last thing on my mind and Imight be drinking but it sure wouldn I I wouldn Even with the lame excuse that she gave about some babysitter taking her. If that were the case, then I I I There isn That poor baby girl doesn Casey will get what she deserves in prison though, I can almost guarantee that. And I don The women in there will give her the justice she deserves! You can bet on it!

Thank you -- my husband works [2008-08-26]
for a maximum security prison and we have tried to tell our son of the consequences of such actions as he matures. I Thanks for your input.

temper, temper [2008-08-25]
I have the sweetest boy. He is 12. He is kind, thoughtful, funny, smart, and a joy to be around. Lurking underneath all that, though, is a temper that erupts violently. It is rare, which is good, but it is pretty intense. There are 2 things that I wanted to share with you. 1) After his last outburst, when he lost it and started punching his older brother over and over with every bit ofstrength he had (Scary to see, BTW!), I found out that the whole event was not as out of the blue as I had thought. He had expressed to me verbally a few times that certain things were bothering him, but I didn I felt terrible about that, because I didn I don 2) The thing I have tried to express to him about the violence is how quickly things can turn very serious. I told him that there are lots of people in prison who killed other people and are sorry that they did, but the only reason it happened is because they never learned to control their temper. In past years there have been a few instances in the news of brothers killing brothers - teens - over things as small as a pack of gum or a video game. I think that made him think a little harder about self-control and how important it is to practice it. I do believe in spanking, but I also believe that there are kids it does not work for. I

Well....I think I think things through more carefully next time (sm) [2008-08-07]
You should have seen that issue coming a mile away with the PTO...and having a coup to get rid of the old PTO...good grief. I volunteer at lot with school, Girl Scouts, etc. I hate the pettiness that some people have about it. No way would I have taken that position with as much work/responsibility as you have plus all the chaos surrounding it and you are all neighbors - no way in heck would I have gotten in the middle of that. I lived between two feuding neighbors for years and never got in the middle of it, somehow managed to get along amicably with both until one finally moved. Anyway...I would step down. Absolutely step down, just say you have too much going on, sorry. About the neighbor copying you and your kid...again, I'm sorry, but you are being petty again. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Maybe she just doesn't have much confidence in her own choices but thinks you make good ones. Just get over it. I mean really, I'm sorry but in the big picture, you are causing your own unnecessary stress. You have put yourself in a little mental prison...get yourself out of it.

Criminals should be divided into groups SM [2008-07-26]
according to crimes committed. Nonviolent or violent. To place nonviolent drug-related crime people in prisons with hard-core inmates is crazy. First time felons need rehab. Prisons are just making it worse. Ever see shows about prisons in Europe? Sheesh, like night and day. By the way, I've never been to prison in my life and neither has anyone I know.

A lot depends on your daughter, not just you - sm [2008-06-30]
Is she sensible? There are not many 16-y/o that have not tried drinking or smoking, it is all part of trying new things,etc. and it will happen whether you like it or not. You have to learn to trust her to make smart decisions and to make her own mistakes but obviously to guide her and make sure she doesndate had MadDog, nasty stuff, and I got obliterated as I did not realize what that crud would do to me. Lucky for me my dad was out of the country at the time. My punishment was being forced to go to school with a horrible hangover (though I puked my guts out in my friendscares). I actually went and got on the pill while still a virgin so when it did happen I would be protected. --- is your daughter that sensible and with some common sense? I did a lot of stupid things along with the smart things I doing, just got lucky and came out of it okay. At 16 you want to experiment and have fun. All my friend and I were A/B students, 1 smoked and did all sorts of drugs. I would drink and smoke pot now and them (1 x a week or so), and again parents NEVER knew it. I remember one time my dad picked me up at school after play practice (was helping out with set design), I was stoned, had been slipped angel dust and had been hallucinating about an hour or two prior, was still pretty high. He wanted me to drive home for practice (I was 16), I turned him down because I was very tired.....he never knew, I crawled into bed the minute I got home. I was very, very good at hiding it from my parents, how they didn't smell it on me I never knew, unless they just ignored it. My best friend smoked and they new that so I guess that helped cover it up a bit. Despite all this I was very anti-drug (anything but pot) as I had seen too many people messed up on coke, crank, LSD, etc. I was furious with my BF's brother as he was the one who slipped me the angel dust, I got lucky as nothing bad happened to me. He is dead now, ended up addicted to coke, then alcohol, got hepatitis, car-jacked 3 cars for drug money, and ended up in prison with a 20 year sentence, got out after 8 years in 2006, then got addicted to painkillers, they found him dead in his apartment, killed by mixing alcohol and painkillers. This just happened about 8 months ago. He was only 42. Very sad as he was a smart guy but had many, many problems and never got his life together. Obviously this does not happen to everyone who does drugs, it all depends on the person and their upbringing. His sister (one of my BFs) is a successful therapist, drinks but quit smoking several years ago, never got into hard drugs like her brother. ---sorry for the rambling, but don't go overboard and lock her up, that will just make her go in the opposite direction. Obviously you need to set limits, etc, and try to know where she is and who she is with, and set punishments if you catch her doing it and let her know what those punishments will be, whether it is grounding for a month, or no cell phone, no TV, no driving, whatever, be firm and stick to it. I know that my brothers and I all did stuff, most of which we got away with, but it was shear luck and stupidity when I look back at it. Not all kids are so lucky. I hope you daughter is one of the lucky ones.

Your telling my story now.. [2008-06-22]
I Now, I can see why prisoners have such a hard time adjusting to the outside world. I feel isolated and depressed. I've gotten a secretary's bottom and 30 pounds heavier. I am waiting any day now to hear if I got a billing job I am applied for and I'm outta this prison. I'm get PAROLED..

Remorse? [2008-06-17]
I havencompassion for her situation that she is remorseful for what she has done. She says she

When I see the story of Charles Manson s/m [2008-06-17]
on TV and they show footage during the trial, etc. it makes me sick. They were all smiling and laughing at the press like it was a big joke. I will say, howevery, that Patricia (forgive me for this spelling) Krenwinkle has much remorse. She cried during an interview I saw a few years back and said that she should never see the light of day outside of prison. She said every day of her life she lives with what she has done. That is not to say that I think she should be released, just saying I truly believes she has remorse. She was angry because she said Charlie still accepts no responsibility for any of it.

Should she get a "compassionate release" [2008-06-16]
I donfamily members convicted in the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others, is dying of brain cancer and asking to be released from a California prison after 37 years behind bars. Doctors have told Atkins, now 60, she has six months to live, and she and her family are asking the corrections department for a compassionate release. It says AtkinsI would like to be out some day. I hope to be out some day. And it Atkins said. You know a person by their behavior, and my behavior in this institution speaks to the change that occurred over 30 years ago. I am not the same person that I was when I came in here.

Has anyone watched the video of the 7yo who stole [2008-04-29]
his grandmother From the interview, I would say that kid already has some serious issues with authority. It's sad but if something isn't done about this kid, he will be a future resident of some prison.

"Good Man" [2008-04-19]
You say you have been married 25 years to this good man. The man who agreed to a visit from your sister, let her buy nonrefundable tickets, and then refused to let your sister visit? The good man who never does anything to celebrate your birthday? The good man who you are nervous about telling that your sister would again like to try to come out for a visit? The good man you cannot bring up the past to because it will infuriate him? 25 years, huh? That sounds like a prison sentence to me. Abusers always try to isolate their victims. Self-help books will not be enough. Please seek counseling and truly help yourself. Lilly

no way [2008-04-13]
No I would not be able to sleep at night knowing an innocent man is in jail and I have a way to free him/her! He was 28 when he went to prison!

Yes, I saw it -sm [2008-04-11]
The newspaper had said this morning that they will be tried as adults and possibly receive life in prison. The video they showed on the news were only the parts that they could show, totally sickening. The mother of the girl was on TV this a.m. and said how emotionally upset her daughter is (I can only imagine). Just when you think you have seen and heard it all..something like this happens. Sad.

Last night on TLC (I think) they ran the story again of the dear SM [2008-04-09]
woman from Georgia whose mother-in-law, husband, and two sons were afflicted with Hungtinton's disease. She broke promises to her husband and sons by placing them in nursing homes because she could no longer care for them. She shot both sons at the nursing home out of love and compassion. At the end of the show this time they reported that her youngest son is now also diagnosed with this dreaded disease. There is a suspicion my father had it, too. It is a terrible disease and the story just broke my heart. She is out of prison now, but the youngest son has a daughter. They are obviously afraid this young girl will eventually be diagnosed with it, too. They attributed my father's twitching, etc. to meds for Parkinson's disease, but there was also suspicion that he may have had Huntington's.

Yes. It was very sad, and at the same time in a very SM [2008-04-09]
different way it was beautiful to see the compassion they showed her when sentencing her. Some said they could not stand to see her receive life in prison, that they wanted her to have some life left. They ended up charging her with assisted suicide instead of murder, as her sons and she included all attempted one Christmas Eve when she brought them home for a few days. I guess what stood out to me was the love this mother had for her family, and all she did to care for them. What makes me terribly sad is the fact that now she must see the third son go through the same thing. I saw this three different times and cried each time.

Dying girl denied more time with imprisoned father - please sign the petition (sm) [2008-03-24]
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Have-Mercy-on-Jayci This child is 10 years old - this is national news, not a hoax of any kind. This child was healthy six months ago and now has very limitedtime to live. Her father is imprisoned and her dying wish is to spend more time with him - which is being denied. Please go to the above website and sign the petition asking the Nebraska prison system to honor her request.

This is true...but [2008-02-27]
I agree with you...this is an animal! I can't even imagine what was going through his mind while he was doing this to that poor girl. However, I think life in prison is worse than the death penalty. Society makes it seem as though death is the worse thing, but I think that's the easy way out. This way he has to sit and think about this for at least the next 57 years. I've been watching the specials on MSNBC about life in prison and the inmates there are just animals. Their cells are tiny and they hardly have room to move inside. I think this is far worse than the death penalty. Life is beautiful when you act civil and lead a good life and I believe death and going to our afterlife is also beautiful and to offer that option to an animal who has done such a hanous (sp?) crime would be the worst decision. Here's this guy - a police officer, nice looking, pretty girlfriend about to have a baby and already a son. He had it good and he went and did this and now he can think about it and rot in jail and be somebody's bee-otch.

I have never tried lamb... [2008-02-16]
I wouldn All I see in the stores here are these teeny little lamb chops that contain maybe an ounce of meat and they are WICKED expensive. Never having cooked it(or eaten it) before, it We have a deer farmer down the road who let me try some deer tenderloin and it was gross. Too dry for me and hadNO flavor. I actually like my meat with some fat on it. I drive the butcher nuts requesting pork roasts with actual FAT on them. It I actually learned what chitlin were (I donAlton Brown went on the road on his motorcycle to some southern places. Yeah, can Despite having Ellie for a pet, I do love pork though. My dad, um, did time in a prison down south for what has always remained a mystery, and he was a cook there. As a fearless kid, he was the one who would feed me weird things like pigs feet, pickled watermelon rind, jambalaya, fried chicken gizzards and hearts, the calves liver with bacon and onions, all sorts of seafood, cheap caviar, and evenescargot, which of course grossed my mother and older siblings out. He was a fantastic cook. A bonafide mental case, which is where I get my streak of craziness from, but a darned fine cook.

For who? The taxpayers that have to support them? [2008-02-09]
Prison, these days, is no punishment. The prisoners have more rights than their victims ever did! Three hots and a cot for some heinous crime? Must be nice! I am torn on the death penalty, but I think something more severe than life in prison needs to be inflicted. Criminals just don't see prison as a pushishment any more.

torn [2008-02-08]
I am so torn on this subject... on one hand,if they have done such a terrible crime. I say death sentence... on the other hand.. . I'm not sure I even believe in the death sentence and it seems that a more harsh punishment would be life in prison w/o parole.. . I am lucky that this has not been something that has personally affected me. . .