County courtroom erupts (Murder victim's father dives across table, attempts to strangle perp)

“Relative” includes a sister-in-law, a nephew, an uncle. This was the CHILD of this guy. No one could really condemn the guy for any action he chose to take, whether in the throes of agony or with pre-meditation.

I'm close to several of my more distant relatives,ie. nephew, niece, step-daughters. Close relatives are a given.

He may walk out to the courtroom but he wouldn't likely see the same date the following month.

I know the family and they are good people. No one can choose what their kids will do in life. And everyone has skeletons in their closets. You just do your best as these folks have and pray for Gods blessings. Mike is a good man and doesnt deserve the bad rap everyone is giving him on here. I pray for the Sweat family and that no one has to walk a day in their shoes! God Bless those who have lost those they love to an unfortunate happening.

The victim was no angel? Who are you to make that judgement? Josh never hurt anyone ever. His only crime was that he liked to party and sometimes that meant getting high. But he was good to everyone and just wanted to enjoy life. You almost imply that he had it comming because he was in your words “no Angel”. Josh was an Angel to me and if it weren’t for Josh (yes the “Victim” has a name.) I’m not so sure that I wouldn’t be dead myself. An Angel atleast my friend.

I hurt for poor Josh, poor Mike, poor Josh’s wife and kids, mom and sister. This never would have happened if recreational drugs were legalized. You could go to the corner store and buy your drug of choice for a fair price. You wouldn’t be supporting thugs and gangs and murderers who hang out in dark alleys. The USA already tried prohibition in the roaring twenties and look what came of that – the mob got rich, lots of innocent people got killed, and eventually alcohol was legal again. The country is playing Big Brother (maybe even God) when they decide that some poisons are OK to put into your body (alcohol, cigarettes, prescription drugs) and others (pot, mushrooms, cocaine) are not. And that’s probably because recreational drugs don’t have a powerful lobby in Washington.

If you legalize RECREATIONAL drugs you take away the profit incentive of the thugs who deal them. They would have to go back to running prostitution and gambling and quit killing innocent people who are just trying to catch a buzz. You take away the poor addict that has to turn to crime to support an expensive habit. If recreational drugs were legal they would be real (unlike all the crap that’s given to buyers to rip them off), and affordable, and taxed! Those taxes, plus the billions of dollars wasted on the drug wars, could go to pay for treatment of those addicts who had finally had enough, just like those people who show up at AA, MA, CA, and NA. The good people win one, the bad and corrupt people lose one for a change.

As for the murdering punk in the orange jumpsuit, he didn’t just ruin the Sweats’ lives. I feel for his unfortunate mother too. Wasn’t she the poor woman in the purple blouse who was yelling at Mike Sweat to “get off my kid?” Too bad she won’t be able to protect him in prison.

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