Parents Sentenced to 30 yrs In 2 yr old Son's Starvation Death

It shows what a sickness religion can be at times.

The psychological weakness that has been played into cults for centuries.

Death penalty: There is a time for all things. -Times for mercy, etc. Sometimes, the cycle comes around where society must clean house.

Make a big, clear, sustained point. Shape the general plan, the way-path.

You know, till it up.

Sorry, I don't agree. They starved that child to death, abuse this child. That's murder and it is 1st degree since it took place over 2 years. That is a capital offense and as such they should both receive the death penalty. Organ donations are cool so they can contribute to something worthwhile in their otherwise worthless lives.

I think they will get enough punishment in Jail. Both of them. Inmates do not like to bunk with or socialize with child abusers. They also tend to get beat up on since they are considered the lowest of scums on the cell block.

No, take their organs. Only you can snip their vocal chords and let them watch the procedure with a mirror.

I don't understand the purpose of everyone suddenly feeling high and mighty and condemning absolute strangers who were obviously mentally disturbed. Nobody likes infanticide, but where is the evil? People seem to be under the impression that people choose to be dangerous lunatics of their own free will.

I think execution as a whole is wrong. Death might not be quite as bad as completely losings one's shit in 24/7 isolation lockdown for the remainder of one's life....but we do currently execute people in this country. To not find a way to save viable organs is a slap in the face to people who are dying to have them...no pun intended.

And I like the idea of a parenting test. And re-testing existing parents every 5 years or so. There are some god-awful parents in this world. If only it could be done...

how will that solve anything. and jesus, you organ harvesting people are freaking scary. maybe execution as a whole is wrong....

remove their reproductive organs and put them on the adoption blacklist.

now we have to pay for them because anyone is allowed to have a kid regardless of how fucked up they might.

maybe a parenting test is in order, it'd solve a lot of this shit.

If these people are being allowed to live, shouldn't we at least sterilize them?

Interesting thought on the donations. But isn't that the same thing as execution then? If that is the case then we could do that will all inmates that are scheduled to be executed to donate organs to those in need in that State? Just a question in response to the post above.

Man i agree. Make them donate organs to help other people in need. Whew that blows my mind. 30 years would cost the tax payers roughly 2.5 mil to house those two in Jail.

They should have gotten more time in jail

No execution, you just harvest their organs, the end.
Film it for med school.

This was an interesting comment on the actual story page:

"People like this can only serve one purpose on this planet...send them straight to the nearest hospital, have them donate all of their blood, and usable organs. Then - they will have served a purpose, and we - the tax payers - no longer have a financial burden to bare."

It does offer pause for discussion. If we as humans can find no ethical harm in the execution of another living being, what ethical harm could come from harvesting their body parts to benefit society? What would be an "ethical" form of execution that would keep vital organs and blood intact and biologically functional, free of poisons. A bullet? A noose? Are these methods any more barbaric than strapping someone tightly to a table and injecting chemicals into their bloodstream?....which is an on-gong form of execution that is questionable for working in opposite affect and possibly causing excruciating pain upon cardiac failure.

Although graphic by nature, I find this hypothetical situation intriguing. Why shouldn't society benefit from executions?

uhhu I get the point! It's so hard not to get crazy mad when you see cases like this. A 2 year old being starved and abused. I really can't even watch that Video again. It made me physically ill. I often wish our laws would be different in this country. Eye for an Eye would be appropriate in this and many other cases. Thought, I will say this, as if it's any consolation. Child abusers tend to do badly in jails. So maybe that is a greater punishment than what the court intended.

They need to to 15 years in jail and 15 more under the jail.

30 years enough, depends on who you talk to. I know some people that would just love to get 3 minutes alone with the two of them to give them a taste of the pain this poor kid had to endure.

I did not put the video up - it was just to gruesome. What gets me sick is the fathers comment about wanting to go back home because of his *Other children* ugh. I hope Child Protective is involved. But since they are going away for 30 I am sure those children have to be cared for by some other relatives. Scary stuff.

I guess 30 years is long enough. The whole thing is sick and wrong. What a tragedy.

The Father John Griffin spoke at the sentencing, saying he's still in shock from Andrew's death. He asked for mercy to be able to see his other children, but the judge said no. He said stress was no excuse and that Andrew's death had no excuse.

The judge said Susan Griffin was the primary abuser but that they were both equally to blame.