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8 Year old on Murder charges
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But if the grandparents thought they were too hard on him, why didn't they speak up and have him removed from the home?
what they are doing is actually against UN treaties set up to protect children. how the fuck can they think that trying him in an adult court is going to be either legal or moral? why isn't anyone higher stepping in here? i bet they haven't even done a psycological profile, or started investigating the possible abuse going on here. it seem that it was so well hidden from some of the statements made by friends and such. they hadn't a clue.
this sort of thing makes me so upset
Welcome to America.
That's got to be up for the darwin awards...
As for the kid, mixed feelings. On the one hand he's obviously messed up but on the other hand is that justification for murder? :chin:
There's nothing to indicate that he's "messed up". That's the usual narrative put forward when murder is involved and you can see how disappointed the Telegraph reporter was that the only sentence he could write was "Records indicate the boy had no history of psychiatric care and was not on any medication," an unnecessary allusion to obviously nonexistent mental illness, but included nevertheless because it's the expected Case-Closed bookend that simple journalists enjoy.
There is no problem here with whether it's "justification for murder," either. It's a response - a child's response - to unbearable circumstances. 1000 seems to me a very fair number; you could argue quite convincingly that 500 would be shocking and brutal enough but no, the kid thought he'd wait it out, give him another 500 chances to become a better person. He didn't, so he shot him with the gun his daddy loved so much - probably more than his own son.
I agree it's understandable, but I am not sure whether it's justified.
I'm not sure how many 8 year old could count to a 1,000 in the first place?
As far as I know the US still havent FULLY signed up for the convention on the rights of a child. Pretty shocking really.
The UN, as an organisation, has no power over nation states like the U.S. The U.S. constantly contravenes UN resolutions but there's nothing they can do.
and justification...yes, i think it was justified. not moral, or right, but definately justified.
ffs, he's a kid, childhood is one of the most precious times in your life, and the state are treating him like an adult, which is unfair.
but will they charge him or sentence him before they've finished the investigation? i wouldn't put it past them.
its completly different. he's 8 years old ffs! he shouldn't be treated like an adult!
he can be charged before the investigation is completed, but he wont be tried, not as long as his defense attorney is smart enough to know that mental illness is a good defense.
If a four-year old toddler slaps me in the face, can I have him arrested and tried for assault? And if not, why?