She was a troubled kid, dealing with depression and the all to known problem of not having anyone to talk to.
I believe she just finally popped, something inside her went terribly wrong

She had such an inhability to deal with emotions that after the murder she wrote a normal entry, like it was nothing and ended with "(...) gotta go to chuch..lol"

This really is how most children are being raised.

I just read the article and the only thing i can think is .. monster. She killed a little girl and then went off to church. Whether she had a bad childhood or not, that does not excuse her strangling, stabbing and slitting the throat of a child. Or an adult for that matter. The only problem now is, her lawyers will try to get her off with a much lighter sentence than she deserves. All because she had a "bad childhood"

Let's not just jump on th anti-parent wagon here.

There are crazy people that exist. Sometimes it's not the parent's fault, but the fault of bad wiring in a kid's head. I've met some literally crazy teenagers and usually the parents are quite nice and down to earth, sure they may not pay quite enough attention to their kids, but that's hard today.

How does somebody raise a good kid when both parents have to work 50 hours a week to put food on the table?

Raising kids is a tough gig man, I know I have 4. And thank Jebus that I have the resources to not work anymore; so I can stay at home and spend as much time as possible with them.

Not everybody is so lucky.

Back on topic, this is really sad and clearly this child has some deep rooted psychological problems that require some severe attention, but not life in prison. This person can be reformed.

~Tenth

This is what video games do to kids. They forget about the precious value of life...and think that humans are just like video games. You kill them, and they respawn somewhere else so you can kill them again.

Welcome to GTA.

Originally posted by Starchild23
This is what video games do to kids. They forget about the precious value of life...and think that humans are just like video games. You kill them, and they respawn somewhere else so you can kill them again.

Welcome to GTA.

Video games? You have to be joking!

Empathy is hard to find in adults thus it is no surprise that the kids have none either.

i don't actually believe she "enjoyed" the killing. to me it seems like she wrote it trying to persuade herself that it was okay to kill the 9 year old. if she actually enjoyed the killing and thought it wasn't wrong to do, then she wouldn't be nervous or shaky or not knowing how to feel. she knew it was wrong and was trying to trick herself into believing it was okay by writing like that.

the enjoying of killing I would assume could be related to our primal instincts in which I guess killing another animal would reward the body with pleasure chems, on top of the adrenalin to create a habit of killing ability for future meal success. it's hard to supress our natural tendancies, but possible.

The problem with cases like this, is trying to figure out how to respond.

I would consider probably the main priority, to be figuring out whether or not there is a chance of re-offense, or if she can be rehabilitated. The next question is how to punish her in a sufficient manner that it reinforces to her that murder cannot be permitted to occur in society, without also going to extremes that result in further psychological damage, that make re-offense more likely.

I know most of you are probably thinking that she should simply be thrown into solitary confinement and forgotten about for the rest of her life, but the reality is that solitary generally only makes mentally ill individuals worse; you end up with the potential release of an individual whose imprisonment has actually made them more likely to re-offend, rather than less. By comparison, capital punishment would honestly be both a more humane and socially beneficial response.

The central issue here, I think is that we live in a scenario where there is minimal real value placed on human life, for the most part, and individuals are also constantly surrounded by stimuli which glorify violence, especially as children, due to violent computer games and such. Games like Gears of War actually try and educate players to believe that violence is an inherent and irreconcilable element of human nature.

Given such a psychological and moral upbringing, we really shouldn't be surprised when acts like this are the result; although at the same time, that also does not absolve the individual of responsibility.

A young girl killed another young girl. This is barbaric and a very sad reflection of our society. The fact that she tried to change her diary entry indicates she knew right from wrong.

Who to blame? Let's blame the parents, let's blame the education system, let's blame the health system - it does not matter who you blame - the little 9 year old victim is not getting her life back.

The killer needs to be locked up for the safety of the community. I wish people would think hard and long about the responsibilities of bringing a Child into the world. When a Child commits murder - such as this instance - the family will be the first to shoulder the burden of blame.

We could all discuss and swap theories on why but the deed is done and it is a hard cold fact that Children killing Children is probably a reflection of too much visible violence everywhere in society. Children are seeing violent television shows, playing violent games, seeing violence in the playground, violence in the street and after awhile they become inured. Like a sponge that is overflowing and cannot absorb any more.

She needs love and kindness but I fear it is a case of a little too late.

Much Peace...for all the victims in this situation...