Christopher and Cameron Ervin
In my last case I touched on the issue of parents who have been forced to testify against a child and how it is not unreasonable to believe that they would lie for their child or in some way lessen their culpability. For most of us it is just instinct to protect our children from harm and to believe the best in them. I recently watched a television show that discussed a case that is still in the courts that went so far away from that theory of parental protection that it stunned me. I will surely be blogging about that one day after a conclusion in the case is made. But, I was stunned at how adamantly the parent in that case was going after their child to get him charged with murder. Now, I am not saying that a parent should lie for their child necessarily but I also do not feel that they should go out of their way to help a prosecution. But, while the case I mentioned above went so far one way, this case went in the exact opposite direction. On the night of September...