“he was jumped by two classmates during recess at Darby Township School”
Two things: 1) never liked the term “jumped” I think here the proper way to say it would be “ unprovoked attack” (just my pet peeve).
2) Where the hell were the adults?! When I was 12 there was always AT LEAST one teacher on duty watching the kids, if this was my child the school had better be able to prove there were adults in the area of where this occured.
From one parent’s review on the 1st link of my comment: “...so many of the kids that go there are out of control and have no respect for anyone, least of all authority.”
Same story in so many schools run by political correctness.
Unfortunately it does not take long to do brain damage.
Children today watch ridiculous violence presented in games and media in unrelistic ways. They see things that would kill people, and the guy just gets up and takes several more of the same. They may not have actually realized that their action were life threatening.
Of course that does not excuse it. The minimum charge should be manslaughter.