7-Year-Old Suspected In Beating Death Of Baby Sister

WNBC Television ^ | 6/2/2005 | Puppage

[Puppage]

TAMPA, Fla. -- In an attack that's rattled even veteran detectives, police in Florida said a 7-year-old boy has confessed to beating his baby sister to death.

Investigators said the boy was jealous of the attention the infant was getting and upset by her crying. They said the boy beat the baby with his fists, feet and a two-by-four.

The attack occurred in Tampa, while the boy was visiting his father.

Police said the father and his girlfriend were outside with neighbors when the boy came out and told them the baby was "bleeding." They said the seven-month-old had a bloody nose, and wasn't breathing. The parents rushed the baby to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

A spokesman said detectives noted they'd never seen someone so young "show so much violence and so little remorse."

[stormyseas]

thank you ....and very well stated.

[kaiser80]

Quotation from one of Chris's Rock's shows:

It don't take no scientist to tell who will have some f***** up kids. If the kid call his grandma mami and his mama Pam, he's going to jail

[colorado tanker]

Ban assault two-by-fours!

[stands2reason]

I hope you don't consider yourself a Christian.

You seem to have a lot of anger.

[ET(end tyranny)]

Just making sure. Wrote them down just in case. :)

[stands2reason]

I am surprised by the anger I am seeing in response to my simple question.

I can't speak for the poster in question, but I find it frickin annoying for someone to post to a thread just to complain that the thread in question exists.

[Dionysius]

Bad Seed.

[baseballfanjm]

And I don't believe that a 7 year old, in general, should be regarded like an adult when handing out a sentence.

If we were to start executing kids of that age.... goodness, why must I even try and put up a protest for executing 7 year olds?

[EDINVA]

" ... maybe some secular form of that should be made mandatory. Human relation class in high school?"

that's not a bad idea, till you realize who would come up with the curriculum, the fine folks that bring you 'family life education' and all relationships being equal, yada yada.

The Church(es) should go back to mandatory pre-marital counseling. Our society is collapsing before our very eyes and the mainstream churches are busy being social advocates for everything and everybody but the people who are or should be in their pews.

[LanaTurnerOverdrive]

And the Supreme Court says we can't put this kid to death.

You forgot the sarcasm tag. You might be mistaken for an ignorant, bloodthirsty sack of crap.

[LanaTurnerOverdrive]

There is a 99% chance that this kid will do it again if given the chance.

Statistics have shown that 67% of all morons pull statistics out of their dumb ass.

[Doe Eyes]

Even Scalia once said that in his opinion the VIII Amendment prohibits executing minors that are younger than 14.

As the 8th Amendment clearly states, not 16, not 15, but 14. But those activist Judges continue to add their own interpretation to the Constitution.

[LanaTurnerOverdrive]

bump

[Pete]

I can't speak for the poster in question, but I find it frickin annoying for someone to post to a thread just to complain that the thread in question exists.

Should I find your post annoying when you show annoyance at my post of annoyance on an (alleged) annoying thread? Help me here.

BTW, I don't see how asking someone why they posted a particular article is complaining.

[Pete]

"from 50 years ago", not 120 years.

Let me get this straight. You are looking for a case of a child killing an infant from 1955?

I'll see what I can do.

[trussell]

The original parents would be best for the children IF they truly are loving and stable. That is obviously not the case if the parents chose to divorce. Loving, stable adults would not chose to divorce!

[B4Ranch]

Yes, somewhere prior to '60, 61 and not much later than '50. Say 12 years.

[Ecthelion]

The issue is not if the life is salvageable. The issue is with the just application of the law.

If a man finds God after committing a crime, that is great. If it was meant to be, it would happen in time.

In the Jewish book of the law, a child that rebelled against his parents was to be put to death. I'd guess that if the kid murdered someone . . .

[Thinkin' Gal]

Fifteen minutes later his father shows up to yell at me. "He's just five!" "He's very sensitive!"

Sad thing is that the kid probably wants to come over to your house and make trouble, just to get some attention AND discipline. After a couple years, though, the father will have the victim mentality permanently etched into the boy's character. May already be too late. How long before the little imp keys your car, poisons your pets, or burns down your house?

Might as well look for a good real estate agent.

[stormyseas]

The issue is not if the life is salvageable. The issue is with the just application of the law.
I have explained how I feel about how just the legal system is so I don't believe I will go over it again...:) (my feelings regarding this and I have proof enough for myself of the justice system we are referring)
If a man finds God after committing a crime, that is great. If it was meant to be, it would happen in time. (the following will explain this I hope, but you have to be willing to read...:)
In the Jewish book of the law, a child that rebelled against his parents was to be put to death. I'd guess that if the kid murdered someone . . . I hope you understand after reading the following and realize Jewish law is based on G-d and they take it very seriously. Taking every aspect of every situation into account. They do not have a system like ours that just says a murderer is a murderer and then proceed to throw them all into the same boiling pot, issuing justice without taking each individual person as an EQUAL. Remember they look at the individual. THIS is Jewish law. I am not sure if you have looked into it. But when I worked for the NCADP this is an argument people used all the time to insure death for death. When in fact Jewish Law has no bearing on a secular justice system. One prohibition against murder is found in this verse of scripture, "If one spills the blood of a man, one's [own] blood will be spilled." Then we will look at the phrases directly following in the passage, "The blood of your lives will I require; from the hand of every beast will I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of a person's brother, will I require the life of man," this provides a rule related to the first. "From every beast will I require it" promises punishment to those who incapacitate someone, such as by tying him up, thereby leaving him defenseless to the fatal attack of a wild animal. "From the hand of man" assures punishment to those who hire someone to commit murder for them. "The blood of your lives will I require" assigns punishment to those who commit suicide. These pronouncements, which refer to heavenly imposed punishment, apply not only to direct acts of murder or suicide, but also to acts which indirectly cause the loss of life. Similarly, a variety of verses are cited as sources for the obligation to preserve one's own life and to rescue others. Jewish law holds the accords of this as great in significance because it places an extreme value to the life of each individual being. [O]nly a single human being was created in the world [at first] to teach that if any person has caused a single soul to perish. Scripture regards him as if he had caused an entire world to perish; and if any human being saves a single soul, Scripture regards him as if he had saved an entire world." Taken from a professor of Jewish law interpretation Jewish jurisprudence differentiates between biblical commandments, which are those deemed to have been directly transmitted by the Creator to Moses, and non-biblical rules. Interestingly, Jewish law does not recognize the literal meaning of a verse in the bible, the Torah, as an authoritative statement of law. In fact one may not kill another even to save ones on life It does not matter whether the other person is comatose, mentally deranged, physically handicapped or terminally ill. Similarly, to save one's own life or that of another, virtually all Jewish laws are suspended. For instance, despite the religious centrality of the Sabbath, if necessary to save his life, a person must actively do that which would other wise violate the Sabbath laws. Rabbenu Nissim (the Ran), a fourteenth century authority, states that one who, out of a misguided sense of righteousness, fails to desecrate the Sabbath to save his life, "is a murderer and is culpable for [losing] his life."Rabbi David ben Shlomo ibn Avi Zimra (the Radbaz), a sixteenth century leader, comments: "There is no righteousness in his refusal, for it constitutes suicide . . . and HaShem [God] will hold him accountable for his [loss of] life." Moreover, these rules apply even if a person's life can be only momentarily extended, for each instant of life is of infinite value. Jewish law approach…..” that matters of life and death are to be determined by God.” Unlike nonreligious legal systems, Jewish law assumes the existence of an omnipotent, omniscient and benevolent Creator whose purposes cannot always be fathomed. Jewish law also assumes a network of relationships between and among the Creator and all human beings. As a result of these assumptions, there is purpose and responsibility in every instant of life, for the individual and for the community, even though the purpose is not always readily apparent. Jewish law imposes specific responsibilities on individuals to safeguard their own lives and to help others. The extent of these obligations, however, are not unlimited. "A little child ask, mommy why do we kill people to teach people killing people is wrong." Then mom answered, "Do as we say, not as we do."