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Man who poisoned his children tells interrogators he had harsh childhood
2005-04-29
Not as tough as his kids had, of course, but tough...
Posted by:Fred

#5  "...and when there was nothin' else to eat, we used to eat sand."

"Sand?"

"Sand."
-- Raising Arizona
Posted by: mojo   2005-04-29 2:09:22 PM  

#4  Why didn't he just go with the old "honor killing" defense and take his shot with that? This defense is just so...infidel.
Posted by: tu3031   2005-04-29 11:31:19 AM  

#3  They tell you in BSA youth protection training that it's an undebatable statistical fact that a lot (if not an absolute majority) of abusers are former abuse victims. That's different from saying it's an excuse. Most abuse victims never become abusers--they know better.
Posted by: Mike   2005-04-29 10:54:02 AM  

#2  Childhood abuse - the catch-all excuse.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-04-29 10:46:34 AM  

#1  My father used to poison us every night before bed after whipping us with a switch that we had to pick ourselves! You kids have it easy!
Posted by: BH   2005-04-29 10:10:11 AM  

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