[bearkat]

Wow... that's terrible.

Before I started dating my now husband, he was seeing a girl who is paranoid schizophrenic. He broke up with her because she would not take her meds and she became violent. She found out that he had asked me out and started looking for someone to kill us both. Her parents found out and moved her to another city. I still wonder about her and I still worry that she's still ticked off.

I understand where you're coming from. This young girl will get LOTS of sympathy and kum-ba-yah. But I'm sure she probably won't get the help she really needs... and she needs a strong punishment as well.

[cyncooper]

But I'm sure she probably won't get the help she really needs... and she needs a strong punishment as well.

I am positive she WILL get the help she needs. We don't know enough yet to reach a conclusion a strong punishment is due. It may well not be. But help? Yes, she'll get it.