11 year old confesses to killing former mayor & daughter In Louisiana

[Jean Jacket]

Criminal justice is one of those fields where people think they can get by never studying any of it whatsoever and still have an expert opinion with confident certainty.

In 95% of the world, juveniles who commit crimes like this are rehabilitated and released on a regular basis. "Life without parole" isn't even a legal sentence for minors anymore. Without knowing very much about the child, it's impossible to say more about this specific case, but in most cases it's easier to rehabilitate children than it is to rehabilitate adults (in a few specific circumstances, it's harder but still possible). There is literally nothing that could possibly be wrong with him that would cause an expert in the field to say "He's beyond hope", because at 11 years old there is so much brain growth and brain malleability left that could shape him in a new direction.

Never claimed to be an expert.

My opinion is just that...an opinion.


I also think that the American criminal justice system is a hypocrisy...and its design is not to help Black people liberate and heal themselves.

The kid, after murdering two human beings will never be right.

That's a reasonable opinion.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Never claimed to be an expert.

My opinion is just that...an opinion.

You didn't express it as an opinion, or even as an uncertainty. You expressed it as a fact.

I also think that the American criminal justice system is a hypocrisy...and its design is not to help Black people liberate and heal themselves.

The kid, after murdering two human beings will never be right.

That's a reasonable opinion.

If you admit that it's an opinion and based on knowing virtually nothing about the kid and nothing about childhood crime and mental problems, then yes, it is "reasonable" that you would think that way.

It's not a reasonable assumption to make if you're educated on the relevant issues though. Anyone who has spent time studying child criminality knows that there are numerous possible explanations, many of which have nothing to do with each other, and with completely different potential prognoses depending on the issue. Some diagnoses would suggest a very difficult life ahead, and some would suggest rehabilitation is very plausible.

 

[Jean Jacket]

You didn't express it as an opinion, or even as an uncertainty. You expressed it as a fact.







If you admit that it's an opinion and based on knowing virtually nothing about the kid and nothing about childhood crime and mental problems, then yes, it is "reasonable" that you would think that way.

It's not a reasonable assumption to make if you're educated on the relevant issues though. Anyone who has spent time studying child criminality knows that there are numerous possible explanations, many of which have nothing to do with each other, and with completely different potential prognoses depending on the issue. Some diagnoses would suggest a very difficult life ahead, and some would suggest rehabilitation is very plausible.

Let's agree to disagree.

 

[Sugarbush]

From what I understand, the boy was up all night playing video games and either his mama or Mr. Joe told him he needs to turn it off. He gets mad and kills both of them.

So he killed his momma and granddaddy over a game?

 

[Estarossa]

The child needs to be euthanized and erased from society… there’s no rehabilitating someone capable of doing this especially at such at young age. Get rid of him.

 

[boogers]

i understand being upset at this horrible crime but some of yall talking about burning an 11 year old boy alive, or fantasizing about his execution need your damn heads checked

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

Criminal justice is one of those fields where people think they can get by never studying any of it whatsoever and still have an expert opinion with confident certainty.

In 95% of the world, juveniles who commit crimes like this are rehabilitated and released on a regular basis. "Life without parole" isn't even a legal sentence for minors anymore. Without knowing very much about the child, it's impossible to say more about this specific case, but in most cases it's easier to rehabilitate children than it is to rehabilitate adults (in a few specific circumstances, it's harder but still possible). There is literally nothing that could possibly be wrong with him that would cause an expert in the field to say "He's beyond hope", because at 11 years old there is so much brain growth and brain malleability left that could shape him in a new direction.

fukk. That. Kid.

I'm not a judge so my statements don't need to be rooted in academia and studies. If this little shyt head killed your wife or children would you be bringing studies to court in defense of his rehabilitation? Also, I don't believe in cruel and unusual punishment. Everything should be on the table. Besides, an 11 year old knows right from wrong. It's not like the average 11 year old is committing a double murder. Get the fukk out of here.

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

that is fukking CRAZY. news stories are saying he emptied the magazines of two different guns on them. wow

Minden boy, 10, arrested for allegedly killing man, daughter

He emptied the clip? Well, that's okay, despite committing a double homicide he can be a productive member of society at some point. Let's just send him to a boys home where he can be coddled for the next seven years.

 

[Jean Jacket]

He emptied the clip? Well, that's okay, despite committing a double homicide he can be a productive member of society at some point. Let's just send him to a boys home where he can be coddled for the next seven years.

Exactly. This kid is a risk for the rest of his life.

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Notice how some of you mafukkas will ignore the parents that raised a 10 yr old that killed 2 people. The people that raised him more guilty than he is. They are adults and the 1s responsible.

Some of you pieces of shyt have kids yourself.




The parents of these kids like this deserve to be stoned to death.

 

[concise]

In 95% of the world, juveniles who commit crimes like this are rehabilitated and released on a regular basis. "Life without parole" isn't even a legal sentence for minors anymore.

What countries have pre-teen killers who weren't forced into being child soldiers by rebel militias or drug cartels?

 

[Bolzmark]

I believe that due to his age the most they can do to him is incarcerate him until he’s 21

 

[TRUEST]

How do we know the boy wasn’t brainwashed by agents of the police to take out the mayor?

 

[Professor Emeritus]

What countries have pre-teen killers who weren't forced into being child soldiers by rebel militias or drug cartels?

Every country does, though obviously it's way more common in places with easy access to guns.

fukk. That. Kid.

I'm not a judge so my statements don't need to be rooted in academia and studies.

Why does someone have to be a judge in order to inform their opinion with facts?

If this little shyt head killed your wife or children would you be bringing studies to court in defense of his rehabilitation?

Yes, I live out my values because I believe in them.

Also, I don't believe in cruel and unusual punishment. Everything should be on the table.

You sound proud of that stance.

Besides, an 11 year old knows right from wrong.

Odd statement coming from someone who wants to fry an 11-year-old. I would suggest that you're a grown man and YOU still don't know right from wrong.

He almost certainly knew that what he was doing was "wrong", but we all do things we know are wrong sometimes. The question (well, one of them) is how well he was able to weigh and understand the full ramifications of his decision - and it's scientifically proven that the brains of children don't weigh those long-term ramifications as well as adults do.

It's not like the average 11 year old is committing a double murder. Get the fukk out of here.

What does that have to do with anything? Of course we know that there was either something unusual about the kid or unusual about the experience. So we should try to figure out what happened and move from there. Trying to make permanent verdicts on someone's eternal fate while knowing literally nothing about the kid or what's going on is immature and most of the world left that behind centuries ago.

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Now we got ANOTHER school shooting because pieces of shyt parents raise their kids to he demons.