Monday, November 17, 2008

Age 8; and a killer!?

People Magazine page 114 Kerri Smith

An 8 year old boy is going to be tried as an adult for murder. I know right ans 8 year old boy charged as an ADULT!! Here is the lowdown on November 5, this third grader supposedly shot his father and a roommate but they don't know why. The boy doesn't have a record and hasn't had any trouble with the law at all. The only thing a family friend could think of is that he got a bad report card, so his father spanked him, and grounded him from going trick-or-treating. What if someone else shot the men, and threatened the boy that if he told the truth they would kill everyone else around him? But for now he is being charged as an adult. In my opinion, stupid choice.

1 comment:

Erin said...

Wow. What a touchy subject. I feel bad for this little kid. It would be terrible to be eight years old and on trial, as an adult, for murder. I couldn't even imagine. It does make you wonder what really happened you know? What set this kid off? Did he really do it? There are so many questions left unanswered, and you can't help but want to know about it. Sad.