In an interesting story Foxnews reports that the father of an 18 year old girl will be released from jail today. He was jailed because the 18 year old girl refused to attend GED classes. To me, this is a very interesting case. Or should I say an interesting abuse of the legal system. According to this legal thesis, relatives of any criminal can and should be held to account for the crimes of other adults. An example: you give your 28 year old brother a helping hand by letting him stay in your spare bedroom. He robs the 7-11 down the street and the judge says “We can’t find your brother

England's top judge has been slapped down after renewing his call for shorter prison sentences and arguing that murderers are being jailed for too long.Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips argued in a speech that mandatory life sentences for murderers meant prisons risked becoming "full of geriatric lifers" and suggested they were compounding the prison overcrowding crisis.A Home Office spokesman said: "The Lord Chief Justice is entitled to his view and has expressed it. The Home Secretary believes that murderers and other dangerous offenders should be kept in prison as long as is necessary