I read today that a dad suspected of killing his wife had a court ordered supervised visit with his children. He let the kids in, locked the supervisor out of the house, then blew up the house killing himself and the two kids.
The court is wrong to allow parental visits when the parent is suspected of murder. Very wrong.
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In this case, we can presume he was guilty, given his actions. But what if he had been innocent? It can take years for the courts to find him innocent, and his 5 and 7 year olds could be cut off from him for a decade.
Sometimes it goes very badly wrong, but if we assume guilt until proven innocent, we ruin a lot of innocetn lives.
Oh, and you forgot about the hatchet.
*shudder* Yeah, it should never have happened.
I think a supervised visit in a safe location would work. Protect everybody while giving the parent a chance to visit.
There isn't a perfect solution, but so many of these accused parents end up killing the children it has to be stopped somehow.
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