12-Year-Old Forced to Put Up Wii For Bail

[mechanixis]

Who is this kid, Eric Cartman??

 

[DamienHell]

That kid's messed up, he'll probably steal a new one.

 

[Anarchemitis]

How did this make news? It doesn't really add to anyone's knowledge, or appreciation of gaming or justice as a whole. It just makes it make a random 15 degree left turn.

 

[cobrausn]

So the 'kid' has assaulted three people (quite violently), ignored numerous court rulings, and yet they let him out on bail?

Yes, what the hell! We should lynch him, fry the corpse and feed it to dogs!
/sarcasm for those with a malfunctioning sarcasm detector

He. Is. 12. Year. OLD.

This is just going to turn into yet another retarded capital punishment or age or whatever flamewar...

So... no comment.

All I was saying is perhaps he should spend a few days in a juvenile facility, maybe? You know, like as if the law applied to him at all?

And if you had no comment, you wouldn't have ranted at what was essentially a simple question.

 

[ChaosDemon]

I think this is actually quite a good idea.
Considering that if the bail had been a cash sum, his parents would have paid it, the kid wouldn't have really cared.
But now this is a direct incentive to behave.
Hope it works - this judge sounds like someone who actually knows what they're doing, for once.

 

[Hazy]

How about giving the kid a slap round the head? that would be better.

Nah. That's a brief pain.
We need to hit him where it hurts:
His wallet.

 

[Dogstile]

Here's an idea mr judge, walk up to the kid, and give him a strong right hook to the face.

repeat every time he does something wrong. (don't say "what if he only went to bed late" or some other stuff, you all know what i mean)

 

[Neesa]

This kid has serious behavioral issues. His parents should definitely consider counselling and anger management for him outside of what he has to do in court. I think them taking away the Wii is a good first step in disciplining him. Not to be mean, but the parents aren't really doing much of a good job if he's still acting out and getting things from them. Or even having play time. Kids learn better by example and action. If he sees he can still get his way while being this way, he'll continue it. However, if it's a medical issue, far as elevated hormones that causes aggression, he definitely needs to get that checked out.

I hope this kid takes this seriously. If nothing is done now while he's a minor, it'll just become a snow ball effect. Then it won't be his Wii that's taken away. It'll be his freedom.

When parents fail, sometimes the law has to step in.

I wholeheartedly agree. It sucks that the law has to step in cause you can't get control over your kid.

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

Kudos to the person thinking of using the Wii. Seriously though, he's 12. How can a kid so young be so messed up already? And no one can say it's because his parents was letting him play GTA this time.

 

[Olikunmissile]

Serves the twat right.

People really need to give kids harsher punishments - it didn't help when smacking was banned.

Fucking AMEN to that.

 

[BaldursBananaSoap]

His parents will probably buy him another.

 

[Internet Kraken]

Why the fuck isn't this kid locked up somewhere? If this is what he's like at 12 imagine what he'll probably be like as he gets older.

How would locking him in a prison help? That would only fuck up his life more.

Kudos to the person thinking of using the Wii. Seriously though, he's 12. How can a kid so young be so messed up already? And no one can say it's because his parents was letting him play GTA this time.

I dunno. The News post doesn't explain why he attacked those people. It could be for a variety of reasons.

 

[Undercover]

when did the justice system become like parents?

Seconded. The justice department's job is to keep criminals off the streets, not to try to teach them morals.

Wait what? I though the whole purpose of sending them to prison was to make them regret there actions and that crime doesn't pay. Doesn't that count as teaching them morals?

I realize you were probably being sarcastic, but in reality the only thing the majority of young offenders learn in prison is how to be better criminals. For a lot of these kids its their only choice, adapt or die. I'm not boo-hooing anyone, they all made their choices just like I made my choice to track them down and arrest them for a living.

Unfortunately a lot of people rely on the justice system to try and parent their kids for them, thinking a little jail time will straighten them out, or they've just given up. I don't buy into the whole "There's no such thing as a bad kid" bullshit, I've seen absolute monsters come from perfectly normal (on the outside anyway) families where Mom and Dad both have jobs, there's no abuse except maybe ignorance, and yet the kid is just naturally fucked up.

Other than being a nifty headline to start forum discussions, the judge's decision to use a Wii as a bail option for a young offender doesn't hold any weight. A material object, a toy doesn't have much importance to a kid who outright attacks both other children and adults. Its obvious he doesn't have much, if any respect or fear of authority figures, and his lawyer saying anything different is just a lawyer protecting his client. What I think we have here is a potentially dangerous sociopath who needs some serious therapy, not a little slap on the wrist like having his video game taken away. Jail time isn't the answer either.

I'll be completely gobsmacked if this actually works.

 

[slipknot4]

Winnipeg... murder capital of Canada. We regained the title last night oddly enough.

Is Winnipeg a city, lol.
Op, well, it served as a better punishment than taking a shit load of money away from the parents.

How about giving the kid a slap round the head? that would be better.

Nah. That's a brief pain.
We need to hit him where it hurts:
His wallet.

Or balls, that hurts allot too

 

[firedfns13]

Beat him. Actually, that would be illegal. Put him in jail with all the serial killers and rapists and what not.
That'll learn him.

 

[Asymptote Angel]

Weird... I want to see how this develops.

 

[martin's a madman]

He shouldn't get it taken away, his punishment should be for Nintendo to format the ET game for the Wii and then have him play it for 6 hours each day required by law. He'll turn out either fine, or mental.

 

[Lysserd]

Hopefully this tactic works. Also I find it hilarious that the justice system is doing what I hear people saying they want to do all the time. punishing another person's kids because they obviously aren't doing it right. Heh.

 

[Logic 0]

That won't stop him, he'll just try to attack the judge the only way for people like him to learn is to go to adult jail for his crimes.