That is true but I hope the killer gets the chair. There is no reason for killing no matter who. I mean what happened to just punching a guy in the face? Kids are so ridiculous today. No normal fights that we had 24 years ago. Heck we would have fights and then it was over. Today they just kill each other. It is a very tragic world today.
Not endorsing the killing, but kicking the girly boy’s ass would most assuredly have resulted in him being charged with a hate crime. Then to be vilified and persecuted by the press, the homo supporters, etc.
The boy had nowhere to turn. He felt completely powerless, was basically being told that he was at fault for not being “tolerant enough”. He tried to work within the “system” and the “system” turned on him.
He resorted to the only course of action that he believed would grant him relief from his pursuer.
Sad situation all the way around.
The defense attorney is smart in going for what is essentially a PTSD defense.
“There is no reason for killing no matter who” is only true if you are dealing with mentally sound children. It can be broken down like this.
Temporary insanity. Say a boy is intensely claustrophobic, and despite resisting, another boy forces him into a small, dark box. In a state of terror, the claustrophobic boy grabs a pencil and stabs the other boy in the neck, killing him.
In this case, the trauma from being molested by one or two people is such that temporary insanity negates the “cooling off” period that usually distinguishes manslaughter from murder. Mentally, the boy can be described as like being a wild animal trapped in a cage.
That, and the statement by the deceased that he wanted to watch the other boys “squirm”, makes it much easier to argue in behalf of a lesser punishment, likely combined with extended psychological counseling.