“He killed his parents, judge.”
“Well, dammit, that makes him an orphan and
I can’t put an orphan in the gas chamber!”
Obviously bad parenting.
His parents should be punished instead of him.
Don’t blame the victim.
Maybe someone will want to adopt him.
Then Mr. Buckels will have no problem with boarding his client in his spare bedroom for the first year or two after his release from incarceration, will he?
This “kid” has had a taste of killing. He’s no longer a human. It’s over.
A judge actually believed that someone of any age who plans and commits the murder of 5 family members can “get better”?
But it is entirely possible that the little bastard won’t survive till age 21 in state custody...
Seems they'd have to do better than that. As a kid, uncontrollable rage at his parents for extreme abuse might be treatable, but also sadistically murdering his little sisters puts him in the "fry 'em" category, to me.
He's a mass murdering sadistic psychopath. Let him out, he'll do it again.
My brother-in-law is a prominent Oncologist in the metro Detroit area and back in the early to mid '90's he was approached by Geoffrey Fieger's law firm to join them as an expert witness on malpractice lawsuits.......he wouldn't have anything to do with them. With that being said, he is occasionally asked to be a witness for malpractice defense teams.
Death penalty: for the judge.
Second to last paragraph, honestly just curdled my stomach.
“A residential supervisor at Sequoyah Lodge, where Griego is undergoing treatment, said the 18-year-old had matured into a role model for other troubled boys, while one teacher described the teen as a thoughtful student despite having expressed racist viewpoints, a fascination with war and Nazi Germany, and the notion of absolute power”.
Many years ago I worked at a “youth center” aka juvenile prison. Had a kid who at 15 with his twin murdered his step father and left his step mother for dead. Because it was a juvenile facility, the philosophy of the time encouraged, strongly encouraged, release after about 3 months—unless the youth in question exhibited problems while locked up. By law he would have to be released on his 18th birthday.
Juvenile justice, at least as it was practiced then, was not to be punishment for crimes, but guidance away from “delinquency”. Many would be surprised at how truly evil a 13 or 14-year-old kid can be—and that rarely changes on his 18th birthday.
No way on earth he should be set free that soon. Assuming this boy can recover from what he did he’ll need to be in therapy years after he’s no threat to society, if that is even possible. To commit such a horrendous crime would indicate extreme mental illness. It is very sad.
Being ‘born evil’ is hogwash. Something happened to this boy physically or psychologically or both.
I’m tired of this ‘trying kids as adults’ bs. If they can be tried as adults, what the heck is the point of juvenile laws?
Give him probation on the condition that he lives with the judge.
He’s a sociopath, and can never get better. Hopefully he kills the judge and his lawyer.
Ofcourse a sociopath is on good behavior in lockup.
Just wait till he’s out and has access to guns.
Those family who want him released will be his next victims
Ah yes, the perfect role model for other troubled boys.
Exactly such a murder was committed in Cockeysville, MD in 2008 (I believe) by Nicholas Browning. He was 15 at the time, and he has to serve a few life sentences. Justice ought to be applied equally. How is it that Browning killed his parents and 2 little brothers and gets that sentence while this pr!ck gets such a light one?! On the other hand, hearing of this will certainly grind Browning’s gears - that’s the upside.
I’d bet the child, through no fault of his own, became a sociopath. Must likely he will never recover and should be institutionalized for the rest of his life. Tragic all around.