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• She obviously did not think it would kill him, why would she send her best friend over there if she meant to seriously harm or kill her dad. I believe she did not mean to harm him.

• That's the only crime i see here though... IMHO

• I'm sorry but there is NO EXCUSE for filth of that magnitude. NOPE! Shame on Conrad! But also, shame on those healthy, teenage kids that were "old enough" for parties at a hotel and to drive vehicles and some living on their own! NO EXCUSES. HOWEVER... that's the only crime i see here. I don't believe Megan hurt her father on purpose for a minute! And let's be honest, it was her birthday and ALL teenagers are going to be consumed by what they'll be doing and how they will look partying with their friends...plus, this kid already had it so rough living like they did due to their dad's alcoholism and the pig sty. This was a sad situation all around...

• My husband's mother died from alcoholism. At the end she was very abusive mentally I believe. I agree with the judge's decision. She has a good heart and could tell the stress that young girl had to endure by herself so great job judge.

• Honestly every single adult from her biological parents to her adopted parents failed this girl. I grew up with a mother & step father who were addicted to & sold meth. Although there were constant drug transactions taking place & random people in & out of our home all hours of the day & night our home wasn’t dirty. But once we (myself & my siblings) left the home to live with our father that changed. Much like Conrad’s home there was a path that you had to walk through, with random things piled to the ceiling ( I’m not exaggerating )bc they would go dumpster diving. They have since split up but my mom still Iives in the home even without running water or electricity. She uses buckets of water to flush her toilet so it’s not even functional. Luckily she has no pets in those conditions & hygiene wise showers daily & always has clean clothes from using my grandparents washing machine & shower. I can speak from experience of how it feels to see a loved one live like that as an adult but to put that on a child is just cruel. Their mother should have been held liable for knowing about the conditions & the alcoholism & doing nothing about it. She was still legally responsible for those children. If she herself couldn’t be in the home without gagging & vomiting from the filth why would she ever under any circumstances, even if they wanted to live there, allow them to? I hope this young woman gets a chance at a real life & is able to heal from the lifetime of trauma & neglect she’s endured in addition to being blamed for the death of her father when no real evidence was presented that proved that to be true.

  Oh & F*CK that prosecutor! It’s normal for them to give their recommendation for sentencing. It is not normal for them to then argue with the judge’s ruling & then try to squeeze in more punishment on top of that. As if this girl hasn’t already spent almost 2 yrs in jail awaiting trail. Thank goodness for this judge! For once they got it right!

• Personally I think it was an accident. If Megan’s father was urinating on the couch and she threw lye on him it probably mixed causing the chemical burns.

• I rarely with a judge, but in this case I do. It at best was manslaughter, a very unfortunate accident

• I hope she gets the help she needs, I lived with a drug and alcohol addicted father. At times being his only carer as an adult and that was pure hell. I believe she is innocent. If he hadn't been totally wiped out he would have been able to help himself. Who knows in the state he was in if he didn't cause this himself. This girl was let down in a big way, she is a survivor of an alcoholic nightmare. The mother should have had some responsibility, I would never leave a child in that situation. Why adopt her in the first place, to put her through that.

• There was WAY to much room for reasonable doubt in this case. There never should have been a conviction. I do believe the judge made the right decision.

• I honestly agree with the judge. I don't think there was enough evidence for her to be found guilty, based only on what I see here. I am also a recovering alcoholic and could absolutely see a place where if she did throw powder at him, he may have tried to wash it off with water and then inflicted the burns upon himself by doing that, any number of things could have happened. I hope she does well and I hope the judge got it right