06-04-2013, 11:56 AM
(06-03-2013, 06:26 PM)username Wrote: Don't get me wrong. I think he should absolutely be locked up for the next 11+ years. I disagree though that he should receive the same sentence as an adult.
The argument that a 30 y/o should get a harsher sentence than a 20 year old doesn't fly with me. At that age, they're both adults.
I agree that 12 y/o's can and should know the difference between right and wrong. So can a 5 y/o but they don't always do what's right.
The kid appears to be vicious and fucked up in the head but I don't think we, as a society, should give up on 12 year olds.
I would agree, but this is an extreme case. He stabbed her 21 times and then made up an elaborate story to get away with it. I remember being 12 and had he been fighting with his sister and stabbed her once on impulse not fully grasping the consequences I could see, but 21 times? I don't know if that kid can ever be rehabilitated.