[RGSpincich]

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Williams was involved in many church activities growing up. In fact, she was even part of "Olympic Summer." That program's beliefs fell under a national spotlight last week when an 11-year-old boy's parents claimed Joshua and Caleb Thompson beat their son with a tree branch for cheating on a Bible exam.

Looks like we have gone from a child's indifference to Bible study to a kid cheating on a Bible exam. Capital punishment for cheating?

[Catspaw]

It looks like we'll need more of the story as the case progresses, but whether he was indifferent or was cheating, it doesn't justify the act. Right now, all I know is that these two are accused of beating a kid so badly that he went into kidney failure.

[Illbay]

I can't think of any situation short of self-defense where you would have to BEAT a child--and even then, I think you can restrain him without much injury.

I know it sounds terrible to think the reason was because he was "cheating" or whatever it was, but really there is no reason I can think of that would justify this.