<p>I believe that if he is liable for the crime, then he should be subjected to a period of time in jail, but should he also not be enabled to receive the option of parole? </p>
<p>[Boy</a>, 12, faces grown up murder charges - CNN.com](<a href=“Boy, 12, faces grown up murder charges - CNN.com”>Boy, 12, faces grown up murder charges - CNN.com)</p>
<p>Saw that like two days ago. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous how children, in this case not even a teenager, can be tried as an adult.</p>
<p>Do you want a kid that has spend 40+ years in jail, starting when he was 12, being released into the population? The kid is obviously unstable to begin with…</p>
<p>There is no way he deserves to have life in jail without parole.</p>
<p>He deserves 6 months home detention, maximum.</p>
<p>Definitely jail if he’s guilty…but if he gets parole in, say, 35 years, what’s he going to do with his life?</p>
<p>Absurdist, he killed a pregnant women. You seriously think he should get 6 months home detention, are you serious?</p>
<p>I don’t want to create this whole argument but what should be the basis of one being tried as an adult vs a child.</p>
<p>Who determines when someone is actually mature and knows the difference between right and wrong? </p>
<p>Why is 18 the legal age for most things in the U.S and not 34?</p>
<p>Some people never learn the difference between right and wrong, and others learn at a very young age…I think 18 is about the age where your brain has finished wiring itself and you should be physically able to make these kinds of judgments. But murder is the sort of thing that even a 12-year-old should know not to do.</p>
<p>Shouldn’t his parents be responsible?</p>
<p>I honestly don’t know. 12 is old enough to understand what you’re doing but not old enough to really realize how bad it is I guess.</p>
<p>When i think about it, if you attain the age of knowing that you should not take Johns pencil just because it is not yours, you should know the difference between right and wrong. From battery to Murder.</p>
<p>Us putting an age to judge someone as mentally capable of understanding is ridiculous. Good point about the brain being fully developed.</p>
<p>I think that children are rationalized, meaning that they are judged differently for a very stupid reason. If they obviously know what is right from wrong, then why should they be exempted from said punishment?</p>
<p>The only defense i feel there is is a possible change of heart. Children do have a longer time to change. Although this is also touchy as adults can also have a “change of heart”.</p>
<p>P.S: I’m not opposed to trying children differently, just arguing both sides here.</p>
<p>Unless he is proven completely innocent, his life is gone no matter what the outcome of the trial is.</p>
<p>I’d bet 1000 to 1 that this kid isn’t actually going to spend the rest of his life in prison unless he does something further to ensure he spends the rest of his life in prison.</p>
<p>They are also saying the most absurd things in the article. They talk about him being possibly innocent. </p>
<p>“Our first step is decertification, because we feel like he is amenable to juvenile rehabilitation,” said attorney Dennis Elisco of New Castle, Pennsylvania. “Not only do I know he’s amenable, but I know he’s innocent.”</p>
<p>What the hell?..are they serious?</p>
<p>I wonder if he understands the charges, punishments being filed against him? Is he saying he’s innocent?</p>
<p>He was probably instructed to not mention the situation publicly.</p>
<p>I wonder how much liability his father should possess in this situation. After all, his father is the one who purchased the gun for him, in addition to enabling him to go hunting using it.</p>
<p>^True. I wonder if that’s even legal. or maybe it’s just not illegal. Who knows.</p>
<p>They should have locked the gun up! Then this wouldn’t even be an issue. Even an adult should lock up a gun when it’s not being used–who knows who’s lurking around?</p>
<p>Not saying we should go crazy with gun control, but this is kind of scary, that fathers buy their 12-year-old sons shotguns…</p>
<p>“They are also saying the most absurd things in the article. They talk about him being possibly innocent.”</p>
<p>yeah, this whole article is slightly confuzzling. i don’t even know if they know what the hell happened. what i do know is that many sociopaths/psychopaths start showing signs of mental instability at a VERY early age. &, i must say, i wouldn’t exactly be UNcomfortable with the idea of them being locked up without parole. or maybe i’ve just seen one too many law & order:svu episodes. <em>shudder</em></p>