I bet that in his own section of hell, he's laughing his ass of.

But the bully is dead

1. The bully is no longer living. 2. If OP acts like the punishment isn't bothering him, the father will find another one that does.

I was trying to make the point that OP won't get that revenge against his bully, and will now have to find a new bully to get revenge over instead. But I realized I failed. And I think that unless OP's dad is sadistic, if OP goes along with the punishment and doesn't give dad a reason to think he is trying to get away to so drugs then OP will be a step closer to proving his innocence. Many parents who don't really pay attention to their kids like OP's dad clearly doesn't do think that the more their kids fight against their punishment the guiltier they are. Because you know if your kid gets angry and tries to get out of it then they are clearly going through withdrawals and are just trying to go out and do more drugs. I really need to stop these long rants, I'm pretty sure they are making less and less sense. Just so me a favor and bury this one too, I'm gonna go hide somewhere.

Despite the thumbs down on this, I would not be surprised if that were the case. My own father is under the impression that EVERYONE wanted to be my friend, and that I was just an anti-social bitch with too high of standards. Parents these days just listen to key words instead of the whole problem. It's just easier to insist your child is wrong and to mentally manipulate them, than actually addressing there might actually be problem people in their life. Hopefully the OP doesn't have to stand punishment for too long in this matter. I would like to imagine the OP's father is smart enough to realize the patterns they are engaging in being grounded are the very same from before. But, again, parents only pay attention to what's easy. This is definitely one where I'd like a follow up.

I actually am surprised by the neg votes on this. I mean the situation is bad, but I wasn't making a joke. Parents that pay attention and know what is going on with their children seem to be more if a rarity than common now a days. I guess people don't like the part about standing up to the bully. If that's the case, someone tell me the correct way to handle it. I didn't say he needed to fight him, but standing up for ones self is important. I had a guy pick on me in school. I just got in his face one day and explained how I didn't like it. I didn't find his actions funny and he needed to quit. He did quit. So maybe that would have helped the OP.

I think this might be the cause, if both of there names were frequently mentioned to together he assumed they must be on good terms. My mom has a bad habit of only listening to what they want out of what is said it makes dealing with them very difficult. She had the ignore it attitude to bullying which did not help I got bullied a lot as a kid. Finally, I started fighting back and it worked. Ignore it and they'll stop is terrible most will only stop if something happens to them or it stops being fun.

The only bad side is that he still torments op with one last action after his death.