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originally posted by: Scallywwagg
Like most posters the comments from one of the girls does not make me think of a poor lost soul - it sounded detached and lacking in empathy. The planning of the murder is the most frightening thing - calculated and sinister.
'People who trust you become very gullible,' Morgan told police.
'And it was sort of sad.'
originally posted by: Scallywwagg
I would have to agree. Access to the internet - which is obviously where their ideas about Slenderman came from, as well as TV and games.
Having said that, there are many kids who have the same access and wouldn't dream of doing anything resembling what these girls did. Parenting surely has to play a part too?
originally posted by: IvanAstikov
I imagine most reading this thread went to a high school of some sort. Can you remember how far in the future it seemed you'd be leaving school when you were in the first year? Can you imagine how long life in prison seems to a person of a similar age? Does it seem right placing such hopeless prospects in the minds of such young people, whatever it is they've done? Writing off someone's life before they've even reached school leaving age doesn't seem very civilised.
originally posted by: opethPA
It never fails to amaze me how a certain element of ATS are so unwilling to hold criminals accountable. A wee they are just poor misunderstood girls that made a mistake, too young to understand consequences.
Total BS when you make the choice to stab someone 1 time their should be consequences and given the callous brutality of this case those consequences should be magnified.
Not to mention, IF they got the full 65 years, it's essentially the death penalty, without saying the death penalty.
originally posted by: Unity_99
12 year olds cannot be tried as adults. NOW, there is NO EXCEPTION AND ITS THE LEGAL PLATFORM, SO WHY DO THESE CRIMINALS ALWAYS MAKE EXCEPTIONS WHEN ITS ILLEGAL.
So the parents of said children must take this whole thing to court and have the rogue agents removed from positions of power and arrested.
Otherwise I'd take the kids out of country.
I've had enough of their abuse of children. Yes, they're insane twerps and did something really bad, but they're kids. And you don't do this to kids. You counsel and heal them and protect them from dangerous ROGUE ADULT AGENTS FOR NWO LIKE THESE LAWYERS AND JUDGE.
originally posted by: pheonix358
In what mad world is it right to try a 12 and a 13 year old as adults. Adults are adults and kids are kids. At this age they make mistakes. This is of course a huge one!
It is just so stupid. These two need help and lots of it. Not lock them away for the rest of their lives.
Where oh where has the Justice gone!
Just how?
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originally posted by: Unity_99
But the kids aren't guilty, they're kids.