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In reply to the discussion: Ohio teens charged with murder over sandbag tossed from overpass [View all]Codeine
(25,586 posts)22. Hard-won experience from a lifetime
spent around the malignant.
You wont convince me that anyone who thinks its funny to drop a sandbag onto a speeding automobile from an overpass has any capacity for decency. A percentage of humans are always going to be fundamentally broken, and pretending that they can be fixed is an exercise in self-delusion. If youve made it to that age and still have a depraved indifference to human suffering then I firmly believe you are a hopeless case and should be isolated from the general population for the greater good.
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Ohio teens charged with murder over sandbag tossed from overpass [View all]
IronLionZion
Dec 2017
OP
No. They have childrens undeveloped judgment and should be adjudicated in Juv court.
Shrike47
Dec 2017
#65
They sealed their own fates when they decided to deliberately drop a heavy object off
Aristus
Dec 2017
#72
So if found not guilty they should have all the rights of an adult also??? nt
USALiberal
Dec 2017
#77
Charging children as adults reduces the chance at rehabilitation and puts them at risk of violence.
WhiskeyGrinder
Dec 2017
#8
When I was 13, I was pretty clear on that "don't kill or injure people" thing...
brooklynite
Dec 2017
#9
I'm not surprised at all that you are either unwilling or unable to discern the relevant legal diffe
LanternWaste
Dec 2017
#42
More and more I'm leaning this way. I had a predominate psychiatrist friend once that said
RKP5637
Dec 2017
#51
All it takes is one sociopath in a group of kids and something like this happens.
haele
Dec 2017
#56
Parents can be held liable for the actions of thier children till a certain age.
oneshooter
Dec 2017
#83
Parents should bear some responsibility for negligence. Not sure what, but some.
lindysalsagal
Dec 2017
#74
They should all pay child support and college tuition, room and board for the surviving son.
LuvLoogie
Dec 2017
#82