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Idaho Dad Robert Aragon Accused Of Murder For Sending Daughter To Walk Through Snow

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“Robert E. Aragon, 55, is accused of felony injury to a child and second-degree murder, after two of his children tried to walk nearly 10 miles on their own through feet of snow and freezing temperatures on Christmas to see their mom. Aragon’s family says he’s a loving father who shouldn’t be in jail for the tragedy.” [Link]

I’d *really* like to see if a psychologist can manage to get into this guy’s head, to see what on earth made him think it would be Ok to send his kids out into freezing temps for a 10-mile hike.

No, I don’t want the death penalty (although a guilty verdict would certainly have this as an option for penalty)… If guilty, I’d want a life in prison, general population, and let this guy take his chances with other prisoners who are parents…..

I’d *really* like to see if a psychologist can manage to get into this guy’s head, to see what on earth made him think it would be Ok to send his kids out into freezing temps for a 10-mile hike.

According to the article he claims he expected Mom was driving and would meet up with kids. A 10 mile walk all the way to their house was not expected.

Seems very fishy to me, but willing to wait until more facts established before passing final judgment.

In any event, yeah, even letting kids that age walk a block in those conditions to then wait for a ride shows a complete lack of judgment.

The death penalty is way outta line here. even life in jail i think would be too much. nothing premeditated about this.

Aragon is a sociopath. Unfortunately, his condition is not rare, as evidenced by the large number of responses from persons believing this guy does not deserve a murder charge and the consequences of either life in jail or the death penalty. In other words, too many people relate to Aragon’s rationale as excusable, likely because they would or have made similar decisions resulting in harm to others. He sent his child out to die, expecting her to be as resilient to the potential harm from the last of a likely history of imprudent decisions regarding his children from which they previously emerged shattered but not altogether broken. His luck ran out. The fact that his family terms Aragon as loving and doesn’t deserve to be penalized is characteristic of enablers; family members who subscribe to bad parenting skills because they don’t know any better themselves and/or are too stubborn and/or ignorant to raise their standards to include adequate standards regarding responsibility. For sociopaths, empathy is absent; their immediate needs/convenience and pleasures dominate their minds; teaching empathy to sociopaths is like trying to teach calculus to a mentally retarded person. I think it’s pretty safe to say that Aragon’s children won’t be inconveniencing him anymore.

The “premeditation” comment must be from another sociopath. “Premeditation” is not the criteria for every murder charge. Individuals are expected to think about the consequences of their actions. “Not thinking” is not a defense, and if it was, the evidence doesn’t support it. He was with-it enough to realize his truck was stuck in snow. He decided to protect it over his own children. His thoughts prompted his action to command his children to trek 10 miles in subzero weather, and they were inadequately clothed to boot. The likelihood of a grim outcome was about 99.9%. The judge who gave Aragon custody should stand trial. But judges have immunity and a vast number of them make God-awful decisions. They are appointed as judges because they were first attorneys, and their colleagues supported their judicial nominations. Attorneys are an extremely close-knit bunch. They’re Bar oaths cement their alliance and allegiance to each other. Family law courts are for crap. Lately, in Florida, rather than address the serious problems in family laws, rather than making any enormously necessary changes in laws and implementing limitations on the scope of judicial authority, legislators are instead focused on changing terms they deem offensive, like “custody”.