Posted on 04/02/2014 8:37:42 AM PDT by george76
The family of Tony Day, the boy accused of killing his adoptive mother and adult sister, doesn’t understand why he’s allowed to take “field trips” while in custody.
“There’s no sense in it. I mean—absolutely none,” Mike Day, the boy’s adoptive father said.
In November 2012, police said Tony, then 14-years-old, shot Sue Day and stabbed Sherry Folts in the family’s Tucumcari-area home. The case has not yet gone to trial.
“If the gun hadn't jammed, he'd have killed me and the little girl we were taking care of,” Mike Day said.
Mike and his wife Sue were foster parents for more than 100 children over nearly 10 years. He said Tony was one of them until the couple decided to adopt him.
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Tony is now in the care of the Sequoyah Adolescent Treatment Center, a facility run by the Department of Health, in Albuquerque.
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Tim Rose, the district attorney in Tucumcari who’s prosecuting the case, was unaware of the field trips at first as well. Rose has been fighting a judge’s ruling ever since March 10 – a month and a half after the judge allowed the field trips.
“We're at the mercy of the courts,” Rose said. “So we brought it to the attention of the court, how insane we thought it was for that to happen. The courts read our briefs. We had a hearing on it. We made those arguments to the court and the court denied it.”
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According to Rose’s legal filings, Tony Day has the ability “to attend recreational field trips up to four times per month while in treatment at Sequoya [sic].” The filings indicate that Day can go “snowshoeing, rock climbing, igloo building, etc.”
(Excerpt) Read more at kob.com ...
Talk about coddling criminals.
How about recreational rock-breaking contests instead?
I’ll never forget the day innocent little Jessica Short was stabbed to death by the guy on a *field trip* from the mental hospital..
http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/29/nyregion/mental-patient-on-pass-is-held-in-girl-s-death.html
He should have been put down like a dog on the scene.
Treatment!! I know the treatment I'd recommend for the little sh!t.
This could be considered an opportunity
“Come on, you heartless right wingers. Where’s your compassion? The kid’s an orphan, and his sister is dead too.”
“When are people going to stop confusing right-wingers with those who “actually” care?”
Yeah, like, when are people going to stop confusing sarcasm/levity with serious commentary? It’s tiresome. Then again, we have the sarcasm tag for those slow on the uptake.
“Yeah, like, when are people going to stop confusing sarcasm/levity with serious commentary? It’s tiresome. Then again, we have the sarcasm tag for those slow on the uptake.”
This bad seed should have been tried and executed by now.
This bad seed should have been tried and executed by now.
“Only a liberal would say something like that.”
LOLOL... Yes, you caught me. I should have known nobody could put one over on you /s
“LOLOL... Yes, you caught me. I should have known nobody could put one over on you /s”
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