Where's the justice?

Re: "Concerned Father: Don't let my son go," by Tony Holt in the Nov. 22 edition of Hernando Today.

I am of the impression that this man, Nasser Samad, is genuine in his expression. As a parent having gone through this, I can feel his pain. I give my thanks to Tony Holt for exposing this "insensitive justice." Holt is a true patriot for this, and the judge is a total pinhead, as Bill O'Reilly would put it.

I cannot believe this judge, Daniel Merritt Jr., will not at least request a guardian ad litem. I also cannot believe this judge will not let the 11-year-old boy testify. In addition, I cannot believe this judge will not hear counseling sessions with the boy's therapist. This judge absolutely allows an injustice to exist and does nothing about it. I don't know all the facts, but from what I have read and from the experience of having gone through this same scenario, I must dismiss the judge and applaud the father and his lawyer.

At this juncture, if I were the father's lawyer, I would not stop arguing this point until the judge's wrong is corrected. I would continue to do this until Judge Merritt sees the light. I would do this before the Paris flight and at this point, I would do it for the cause at no further charge. His client deserves better, as he and his son have suffered enough. There is moral and ethical law and there is legal law. Moral laws are absolute like gravity is. Legal law is arbitrary and based on politics and money and is manipulated. It's easy to draw the line here.

The judge must draw the line. Not only according to arbitrary law but according to ethics and deserved compassion. Listen to the son most of all because youth is true, innocent and ethical. But also listen to the lawyer who is bound by law. It seems that the mother cares now not as she has cared before. She must have some other motive. She needs to make that known if she is to have a case both legally and ethically. I somehow doubt that she has one in either case.

It's sad that this moronic judge is the only person in this country to have the power to cast judgment in this case. It seems that, so far, he has done it wrong. He still has until mid-December to do it right. Not only pray for the right decision but also push it to the right decision.

Where is the justice? If I were this father and the lawyer of this father, this judge would not rest until he made the necessary corrections or until he was replaced. The deadline would be Flight France. Either choice is his and either correction can be made.

Klaus H. Mehlhorn

Brooksville