A 15 year old girl spent a week preparing to murder her 9 year old neighbor, just to see what it "felt like." She is to be tried as an adult for murder.
Full article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34016501/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?gt1=43001
So, what are your thoughts on this, Escapists? Is it right or wrong to try her as an adult?
Personally, I think it's right. At age 15, you know what happens when you kill someone, and she even planned it all out. The fact that she killed just to experience it also doesn't sit very well with me.
A history of depression or not, what she did wasn't right. At all. I just think she really should face the consequences of her actions as an adult. Don't let her off the hook just because she's a "child." Her crime isn't the crime of a child. If that was the case, she would've stolen a bag of cookies or something, not killed a little girl.
Full article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34016501/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?gt1=43001
So, what are your thoughts on this, Escapists? Is it right or wrong to try her as an adult?
Personally, I think it's right. At age 15, you know what happens when you kill someone, and she even planned it all out. The fact that she killed just to experience it also doesn't sit very well with me.
A history of depression or not, what she did wasn't right. At all. I just think she really should face the consequences of her actions as an adult. Don't let her off the hook just because she's a "child." Her crime isn't the crime of a child. If that was the case, she would've stolen a bag of cookies or something, not killed a little girl.