My brother was in prison on and off over the years. He terrorised everyone, my poor dad, me, everyone. Robbing cars, robbing houses, taking drugs just tormented everyone and caused untold damage to my dad's health.
I vividly remember the last time he was sent to prison for a good stretch ( eventually, before that it was very short stints) he was caught driving with no insurance. Well... my dad was upset!!!! He didn't deserve it according to him, it was only no insurance. As if the previous millions of convictions he had didn't matter.
He has cleaned his act up now and lives in a different county. My dad talks about his blue eyed boy all the time and how well he is doing
It's a sad fact but some times families will defend their own no matter what.