I'll open this up to y'all.
Did this cross the line? We don't know the extent of the injuries inflicted yet I have a problem with the boy being essentially hog-tied.
Certainly the punishment did not fit the crime of not taking out the trash and turning down the air conditioner without permission.
Sounds to me like it went a bit too far.
Man convicted of injuring 11-year old child in Kerrville
By Zeke MacCormack - Express-News
KERRVILLE — A local man faces up to 10 years in prison for whipping his son with a wire, as well as kicking and pinching the 11-year-old, whose face, hands and feet were bound by duct tape.
Jurors deliberated eight hours before convicting David Dill, 49, Thursday of injury to a child with intent to cause bodily injury, a third-degree felony.
“I'm a believer in corporal punishment, but there has to be a limit, and this was extreme and illegal,” said prosecutor Lucy Wilke, calling the verdict appropriate.
