Waterboarding Charges Against Delaware Doctor Who Tortured Young Daughter
Source: ABC
A Delaware pediatrician who writes about near-death experiences of children and has appeared on "Oprah" is accused of waterboarding his 11-year-old daughter for two years, according to Delaware State Police.
Dr. Melvin Morse, 58, and his wife Pauline, 40, were arrested Tuesday, a day after their daughter told a child advocate that her father had "waterboarded" her four times between May 2009 and May 2011 while her mother watched and did nothing to stop the abuse, Cpl. Gary Fournier told ABC News.
Delaware's Child Advocacy Center first became aware of the girl, whose name has not been disclosed, following a July 12 incident in which Morse was charged with third-degree assault for allegedly pulling his daughter out of a car, dragging her across a gravel driveway and spanking her in their Sussex County home, Fournier said.
The girl reported that incident to a neighbor who called police, Fournier said. Morse was later released from custody after he posted $750 in bail.
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OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)and get off scot-free like Eric Holder did for Bushco.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)If he is convicted of cruelty or abuse for waterboarding, that opens a whole can of worms.
If he is NOT convicted, that opens another can of worms.
Trillo
(9,154 posts)Doc waterboards kid = bad
military waterboards foreigner = good
Banker commits MBS fraud = good
homeowner fails to pay bank = bad
The entire system looks confusing until hierarchy is understood. Then, one realizes that whatever the controllers (those higher in hierarchy) do, it's okay: it's never okay for the controlled (those lower in hierarchy) to do the same or similar things.
yardwork
(61,608 posts)Solly Mack
(90,765 posts)I'll stick to my principles. Easier, ever so much easier, that way.
No one should ever be tortured - for any reason - and no one who tortures should ever be allowed to get away with their crimes.
obamanut2012
(26,076 posts)McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)red dog 1
(27,799 posts)and then spanked her....This was a previous incident.
He's now being held for the water-boarding charge om a "secured" bail of $14,500.
The wife has already been released on "unsecured" bail of $14,500
Shana
(16 posts)Do you suppose that was how he did his research? Still a massive a-hole no matter what, but just wondering.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld?
4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)but I'll wait for the results before deeming them guilty.