All of this "as an adult" concept has always had me wondering why society presumes that we magically transform the instant our timer has hit 18, as though the difference in us mentally and physically has changed so much from 6 months to 2 years prior.
Frankly, premeditated murder is premeditated murder, and there's a life that stopped at 9; never got to fall in love, never got to graduate school or pursue dreams, never really got a chance to experience all that much life. Someone, if the facts are indeed accurate, simply chose to steal that away to gratify a curiosity, and nothing more. I knew at 5, let alone 15, that it was wrong to hurt others on purpose, and by 15 you can bet that murder was off the table.
I say, trying as an "adult" is reasonable as long as the circumstances and motive support it. That's just how I view it though, and I'm certainly not a lawyer.
Frankly, premeditated murder is premeditated murder, and there's a life that stopped at 9; never got to fall in love, never got to graduate school or pursue dreams, never really got a chance to experience all that much life. Someone, if the facts are indeed accurate, simply chose to steal that away to gratify a curiosity, and nothing more. I knew at 5, let alone 15, that it was wrong to hurt others on purpose, and by 15 you can bet that murder was off the table.
I say, trying as an "adult" is reasonable as long as the circumstances and motive support it. That's just how I view it though, and I'm certainly not a lawyer.