Posted on 09/09/2020 5:26:26 PM PDT by simpson96
BENSONHURST, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Two 13-year-old boys are under arrest for allegedly setting an 89-year-old woman on fire in Brooklyn.
The victim said the pair never spoke a word to her before slapping her in the face and setting her clothes ablaze on the night of July 14 in Bensonhurst.
The victim told Eyewitness News she had just left her home when the two approached her near 16th Avenue and 77th Street. She said one of them struck her in the face, and then moments later she felt a sharp pain on her back.
Once she realized what was happening, she quickly pulled up her hair so it wouldn't burn and then rubbed her back against a wall to put out the flames.
The fire left a large scorch mark up the back of her shirt.
The victim said she had never seen them before, and they did not try to steal anything from her.
The teens are charged with third-degree assault.
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Juvenile is a relative term. In some societies 13 years old is old enough to be responsible.
i mean try thme as adults
for violent crimes and murders all should be tried as adults, regardless of age or gender
no exceptions no excuses
Not sure about that. There have been some awful young killers.
The youngest I think was two. Trying to prove that a two year old knew they were actually killing someone and what it meant is difficult.
After about age seven or eight I would say you were mostly right. Age thirteen totally right.
i not changing my position for the extreme small amount of hardly ever occurring cases you cite.
Only if they are white.
They are not adults. They should not be charged with anything because they don’t understand what they are doing and cannot decide things for themselves.
They are children.
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