Here is an update on what is going on with the case where the 14 year old boy killed the 15 year old girl .
http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070112/NEWS01/70112001/1002/
http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070119/NEWS01/701190313
2007-01-19 04:54:46 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
Yes very much so, he raped her, murdered her, AND sexually assaulted her. That's not just one count that's 3! He definatly knew what he was doing, and there's no doubt she would have been defending herself. And if he couldn't have stopped himself at 14 it will only get worse for him; he needs to be put away for the longest time the courts can give him.
2007-01-19 06:14:54 · answer #1 · answered by mtoWCS09 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes he should be tried as an adult. He is old enough to know right from wrong and seeing that the crime was more than just a strangling, that it was a very violent crime he should be tried as an adult. He should be locked up for the rest of his life because if he can do this at this young of an age he will be desensitized forever and therefore likely to kill again. Back in the olden days (17-1800) they would hang boys that did this. I am not saying that he should be killed but back then they understood that people who did stuff like this would do it again and they knew full well what they were doing.
2007-01-19 06:02:16 · answer #2 · answered by WINGS 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the whole concept of criminal justice needs an overhaul.
What do you do with someone with no conscience? They can never be rehabilitated, will always act out. (Conscience isn't a matter of morality--it's actually a function of the brain, the ability to foresee consequences, to weigh right and wrong. Some people with brain damage from birth or injury just don't have that function. It's not a matter of them being good or bad people. It's probably the only behavior ever portrayed accurately on "Law & Order.")
We need to separate the trial, the search for the truth about what happened and who did it, from the punishment, or what's to be done with the accused if the're convicted. Get rid of the juvenile/adult/insanity business altogether.
2007-01-19 05:52:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
On this site in the last couple of days I have read that a 14 year old is not old enough to stay overnight by themselves, that a 13 year old should not go to the mall by herself or even with friends, one 13 year old boy still haveing to use a child restraint seat much to his chagrin, and another 13 year whos mother wants him to stay in the yard so she can keep her eye on him. Then someone asks this question. Either a 14 IS AN ADULT or a 14 year old is NOT AN ADULT. We need to decide which it is.
2007-01-19 07:48:48 · answer #4 · answered by elaeblue 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A 14 year old knows what they are doing. He should be tried as an adult.
2007-01-19 05:06:12 · answer #5 · answered by Dizney 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely
2007-01-19 05:04:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES, at 14 yrs old YOU KNOW not to do that and if someone says no then fine put his lazy parents in jail for not teaching him to not rape or kill
2007-01-19 08:35:54 · answer #7 · answered by BoTToms UP 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think with all the charges yes. If he raped and killed her than he doesn't need to be on the streets to do it again. I think it is so terrible that something like this would happen.
2007-01-19 05:00:19 · answer #8 · answered by Mrs. Always Right 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are responsible for your own action. YES he should be tried as an adult. Unless he is mentally challenged in some way.
2007-01-19 07:16:22 · answer #9 · answered by Shelli Belle 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Murder and rape? If this kid is old enough to rape someone, he is old enough to be tried as an adult. Piece of sh*t should rot in jail for the rest of his life.
2007-01-19 06:13:09 · answer #10 · answered by Goose&Tonic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋