Driven to Murder

This book is a summary of the information about the Cody Posey case that was written in newspapers or reported on TV. It also includes an extensive chronological summary of the day by day court case happenings. The book ends with the sentencing verdict by the judge. If you know nothing about this case, this is a good book to read. If you followed the case closely as I did on the Internet and on Court TV, there is not a thing new that you don't already know that is in this book.

Cody Posey had a difficult childhood partly because of his father, Paul Posey, and his constant abusive behavior towards him. When he was with his mother, Cody had a much better life. Then she perished in a car accident and died right before him, he would soon return to his father, stepmother Tyrone, and stepsister Marilea who he would murder to stop the years of abuse from them whether physical, verbal, and psychological. Cody Posey's life was not envious because he was constantly subjected to work on the farms that his father was employed to care including Sam Donaldson's farm or ranch out in Hondo, New Mexico. It was there that the horror would occur. One day, Cody snapped and shot to death of his father, stepmother, and stepsister. His defense was supported by witnesses, relatives, friends, neighbors, and ranch hands who witnessed his father's unrelenting, cruel abuse towards his only son as a way to straighten him up. There is no question that Paul Posey was merciless towards his son, Cody. He was harsh, critical, and beat him every chance that Cody failed to live up to his father's expectations. Now while I understand that the stepmother and stepsister were abusive towards Cody as well but not nearly as bad as his father which makes you wonder why he turned his patricide into a triple homicide. He was not sentenced to life or death but to a juvenile facility. You can't forget that he was only 14 years old at the time of the murders but I still believe that he needs more than the juvenile facility as punishment. He should face some incarceration time. After his life with his father, the New Mexico State Prison system should be much better, easier, and a way to make up for the other losses. While I know that his stepmother and stepsister were not ideal and more of wicked than family, their deaths just don't seem right. I can't help thinking that his age and his life got him leniency when people have done just as much and have been placed on death row. I'm not advocating death penalty since it's an abysmal failure anyway. I just think that Cody deserves to serve some time as adult to pay for taking Tyrone and Marilea's lives away as well as his own father.