Would you plead guilty for a crime your child committed even if the child has a short time to live?

I would and I would have set up through an Attorney a taped confession of the kid and then take the rap for perjury, which would be time served. This of course would cost you a good Attorney's fee but I think it would be worth it.

I would never take the fall for anyone, whether it is a close friend or a family member. That is morally wrong. I do not have any children and while I know parents would be devoted to their children, one should never admit to something for any reason.

Everything happens for a reason and people should be responsible for their own actions. In your scenario, the son should have admitted to the killing but because of self defense, and would have a reasonable case. Even if he was found guilty, he was going to be apart from his father anyways.

Instead, the father now serves time for a crime that he didn't commit. While it shows the love a parent has for his child, I think it shows foolishness.

I would not take the fall for a crime committed by my child, even if he/she had only a short period of time to live. First, in the case that you described, it was not the father’s fault that he was to be attacked by a gang member (unless of course he did something to personally provoke the gang, upon which his son reacted in order to protect the father) and that his son made the decision to shoot. Second, the son appears to have shot the gang member without initial provocation.

If he acted solely in self-defense, then the father and son should have nothing to worry about. Although, if it was self-defense, I am left to wonder why the son would have been strolling about with a loaded gun at his side. Therefore it looks like a premeditated action on the son’s part that the father had little control over.

Third, if the child has only so much time to live, then taking the fall for him will not only fail to prolong the quality and extent of his life, but also cut the father’s own life short. The father and son will still not be free to spend the remaining time together the way they had possibly wanted to prior to the shooting. Fourth, the son, aware of his terminal illness, likely made the decision to shoot and kill the gang member with full knowledge that his own life would end soon enough and that if he were left with having to face the charges, he could accept full responsibility for his actions.

He likely considered his options and thought that protecting his father from that particular gang member was worth potential final time spent in prison. Overall, it appears that the son made his decision and the father should not have been left to deal with the consequences, even if he felt bad for his son’s terminal illness and did not want him to spend the rest of his days incarcerated.

It is exactly my code of ethics that would prevent me from taking the blame for the child. I tend to fall on the "tough love" and the "you've made your bed now sleep in it. " style of things.

I would care for him, beg for a light sentence, but I would also tell him that he needs to take charge and face the consequences of his actions. He would need to show that he has respect for himself and the system of law for me to respect him. I know that seems very tough, but I would try to find other ways to bring him comfort in his limited time with visits gifts if I could give them and an ear to lend should he ever need it.

Would depend if I had other children or not. In that case the child did an honorable thing to protect his father, as a parent I understand his choice. He did not want his sons final days to be behind bars simply because the law doesn't feel that protecting your family is legal anymore.In that situation had I no other children yes, I'd have taken the fall as well.

I also would have had my child been healthy and an only child. In this case of the dying child but have him/her present proof on their death bed of my innocence, so that once he/she was free of this life I could be free of prison. If I had other children I'm afraid I couldn't take such a fall for a healthy child.

Sacrificing the happiness of one child for another is not right.

That's a sad question. I'm surprised the son let the father go through with it. If it were my dad, I would rather go to jail, ESPECIALLY if I knew I was going to die soon, rather than let my dad spend the rest of his life in jail for something he didn't even do.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.