Posted on 12/16/2022 7:06:42 AM PST by Morgana
A 10-year-old boy accused of shooting his mom dead because she refused to buy him a $500 VR headset has asked for his bond to be lowered from $50,000 to $100.
Prosecutors said Quiana Mann, 44, was shot in the face by her son, who went on to use her credit card to purchase an Oculus VR headset before telling his grandma he was 'sorry' for killing his mother and asking where his package was.
The boy's attorney, Angela Cunningham, argued in court on Wednesday that his bail should be lowered to only $100, the amount he has in his piggy bank, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
'We have spoken to him about his ability to post anything,' Cunningham told the court.
'He told us about piggy banks with savings that he had from gifts, from birthday gifts. And scavenging through cushions in the couch that he's been able to save up.'
Judge Jane Carroll denied the request and imposed a travel restriction on the minor that will go into effect if he manages to post bail.
The child who, according to family members has 'rage issues' and hears imaginary people, has been charged with first-degree reckless homicide and will be tried as an adult.
Wisconsin state law dictates that children as young as 10 will be charged as adults for serious crimes, such as murder. He faces up to 60 years in prison if convicted.
The fact that the boy will be tried as an adult has created some headaches for Carroll, as she noted that all the usual factors when deciding bail conditions 'don't make a lot of sense when applied to a 10-year-old.'
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I do not disagree, but if this kid is released when he is 21 it is highly likely that he will commit another homicide. He must be confined for the safety of society. I doubt that any length of treatment is likely to ever make it safe to release him, and no therapist or practitioner can ever reliably so certify. Buy him a VR headset and leave him in a padded room.
When I read about this right after it happened, the info seemed to indicate that the kid is already a full-on sociopath.
Where was the Father??
Who was the Father??
Father? what kind of racist bigot talk is that to even assume there is a father somewhere,,,,,,,
Did they ignore his bad behavior? Or was he a born psychopath? Or psychotic, with the voices, bipolar or schizophrenic?
I went to elementary school with a psychopath. He was adopted, and nobody ever said he was a psychopath because he was spoiled, or that his parents didn’t discipline him. After he tortured another boy’s pet, and made a fair attempt at killing that boy, he just disappeared.
The young psychopath in my school was white.
If you have a child who is that one in ten thousand on the aberrant scale, good luck to you getting help. Ordinary parenting, discipline and love are not enough.
Yeah. VR oughta help. /s
Your first paragraph is answered by your second - you treat him as an adult - with 60 years behind bars - because this sort of thing isn't treatable. You let him out of juvi when he's 18 and he'll be pushing people onto subway tracks or over balconies at the mall within months.
I'd rather have your heart bleed than a string of future victims doing so.
“But for now he should be ordered to undergo serious psych treatment...probably in a secure facility.”
Oh please. The little monster should be locked up for the rest of his natural life.
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First thought: The kid is insane. Medically.
“The child who, according to family members has ‘rage issues’ and hears imaginary people,”
A pillow will prevent untold future crimes.
“The Black culture is what traps these kids.”
The elephant in the room nobody wants to talk about. What will it take to get this said out loud?
This kid should be turned into fertilizer asap.
According to the criminal complaint, Quiana Mann's son shot her because she wouldn't allow him to order something on Amazon and also woke him up earlier than usual.
In the criminal complaint, the boy said he took his mom's keys and got her gun from the lock box and then went into the basement where she was doing laundry and fired at the wall.
Investigators said a day after Mann died, her son ordered a virtual reality headset from her Amazon account.
The boy's father was also on the virtual hearing, but only identified himself as the boy's father and made no other comment.
Kids learn “the end justifies the means” pretty young.
Nah, the kid is the perfect candidate for spending his life in the nuthouse. We don’t need any more “Michael Myers” loose in the world.
libertylover agrees with you.
Pitiful
A ten year old who allegedly unlocked the gun safe to get the weapon. No excuses. He knew what he was doing. I would vote for the harshest penalty available by law.
I agree a 10 year old is just way too young they don’t know what they’re doing exactly the self-awareness you have them is way undeveloped
I don’t have an easy answer for this truly tragic
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