Is this kid disturbed...deeply disturbed? You betcha! Might he turn out at 20 to be a psychopath? Yes,that's possible. But for now he should be ordered to undergo serious psych treatment...probably in a secure facility.
But anything more? No,not at that age.
They boy is seriously mentally ill, as well as being a child.
And never let out. Period. If not for the sake of justice, for the sake of the rest of us and our safety.
And it doesn't matter what his skin color is: there is no content to his character.
>> Is this kid disturbed...deeply disturbed? You betcha!
I agree with you: a ten year old is a child in every sense of the world.
There are at least two factors at work here though:
1) Any inherent mental instability or disease in the child
2) THE CULTURAL INFLUENCES TO WHICH HE IS DAILY SUBJECTED
If I were a betting man I’d bet on 2) as the driver of his (and society’s) problem here.
I actually agree with you and I’m shocked they are charging a 10 year old as an adult. He’s too young to understand what he’s done and honestly it will be decades before he does. He need put in a mental hospital for a long long time. From the sounds of it, he need to be in one before this happened.
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.
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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A pillow will prevent untold future crimes.
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.
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
If it was not due to the times and culture of the present day, his mother would still be alive, and he would be given an ass kicking instead of a trophy.