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In reply to the discussion: Ohio teens charged with murder over sandbag tossed from overpass [View all]IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)26. It was pre-meditated
They didn't trip and accidentally drop a sandbag off the overpass. This was no accident. They brought sandbags to the overpass and planned to hit vehicles with them.
No, it is NOT "kids these days". Teens in my hometown did this 20 years ago with tires and rocks and were sent to jail for it when it went right through a car's windshield killing their infant baby in the back seat. Long before social media and youtube. Everybody knows it's wrong. Small children know this is wrong.
Compassion for the killers is not my first thought (bleeding heart liberals!). The prosecutors said they were planning on trying them as juveniles, not adults. So they'll be out in a few years. Maybe they'll wise up.
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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