Cop killer Ronell Wilson started a petition to see his son, whom he fathered with a prison guard while incarcerated in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center. Suffolk County Family Court Judge David Freundlich denied Wilson’s petition, reasoning it was started while he was imprisoned and therefore makes him “civilly dead.” The convicted killer plead for rights on how his 6 month old Justus, who is currently in foster care, would be raised and so that his family would also have rights. His son’s mother, former prison guard Nancy Gonzalez also challenged the petition. To read more, click below.
Although felons have their civil rights stripped while serving time, Wilson’s lawyer argued that it should not apply to death penalty cases and that the child was the only one being punished by the court rulings. Judge Freundlich was unsympathetic to Wilson’s arguments, explaining that inmates had more rights on death row if anything. Do you agree Wilson shouldn’t be allowed to see his son or do you think the judge is hell bent on making his life miserable for killing one of his own?
