My friends dads a murderer.. have i failed her?

Christ! that's a hell of a story. To answer the first part of your question,I had a friend who was a heroin addict. Cut a long story short, the lies and deception come with the territory and so does the heart ache. You end up being dragged into the whole awfull depression. You did what you could. Stop beating yourself up about it. You need to move on and see to your own life. I watched my friend being taken out of her house in a body bag.....she was seven months pregnant. It broke my bloody heart and you need to move well away from it. As for the death penalty I'll say this. In the 1950s with the death penalty in place, the average was three murders a year. 21st century, without the death penalty, its now about one a day.......there's only one place a murderer should be, and that's at the end of a rope. There are hundreds of thousands of innocent people in early graves, victims of this gutless, spineless legal system. I share your sentiment. I'm sic of it too. Back to the first point. I don't mean to be disrespectfull to your friend, but you really need to walk away before you get dragged under. Take yourself off to the beach, get some sunshine and fresh air, think it all through quietly and you'll see I'm right. All the best.