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PiscesIs a Child's Death the Ultimate Punishment?
A man whose air rifle killed his own child is shown mercy by the court.
A father in Britain was granted mercy for admitting guilt in the accidental death of his 23-month-old son. Last August, Zaman Ullah, 29, left an air rifle unattended in his yard without the safety catch on. The gun was picked up by another child who fired it, hitting Ullah's son, Rashid, in the back of the head. The boy died a week later.
"What on earth can I do as a judge to punish you for what happened? Your punishment is your guilt at what your momentary inattention did. I cannot punish you any more," said the presiding Judge William Davis. The grieving father was ordered to pay a small fine.
Judge Davis said he hopes that the tragedy can serve as a cautionary tale. "The very fact of the reporting
of this case will tell decent fathers, such as you, of the need to be
on your guard at all times," he explained.
Is the guilt over being partially (if not fully) responsible for your own child's death enough punishment?
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Hey, nice post, really well written. You should blog more about this.
Yes what a wise and gracious judge. My prayers to the father and the family. Accidents happen and with so many abusing children intentionally, it is tragic that this was part of this man’s life. Perhaps he will become a spokesman for firearm saftey. What a lovely memorial that would be.
One of my young cousins was riding his bike. His dad didn’t see him and ran into him with his car and killed him. The dad was never the same man, even 50 years later. He seldom smiled and even when he did, you could see the tremendous sadness in his eyes. I think being free is more of a punishment for this father than if he had been put in jail. Such a sad story.
Oh how sad! I can’t begin to imagine the way that poor father is feeling, not to mention his wife and the rest of the family. Sadly, accidents do happen to all of us. I know God has protected me from myself many times! This man definitely needs our prayers as I suspect he will be piling plenty of punishment on himself mentally and emotionally for the rest of his life!
the pain and the guilt and the regret in this mans is punishment enough and that judgement by the judge was fair enough.
God has got all the answers we need and this daddy should know that accidents happen in any form.
I think it was a good choice from the judge. That dad and family will go through hell for the rest of their lives as it is. He doesn’t need more of a punishment. My heart goes out to the famliy!
How sad.