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Pa. boy, 11, accused of killing dad's girlfriend
I don't know where to begin...
The easy place to start would be, what is a child doing with an unlocked shotgun & ammunition in his room?
But, blaming the gun isn't right. I'm sure he would of used the hatchet in the barn or the knife in the kitchen if he didn't have access to the gun.
Should he really be tried as an adult? While he probably should stay in prison for more than 10 years for what he did, I think there were a lot of factors that could push a kid to do this. From the story, I can count five things that could cause him to hate her. There might not have been any physical child abuse, but it doesn't seem like they cared about his psychological development.
Then again, some kids are just evil.
What do you think could have been done to prevent this from happening in the first place?
(*He is innocent until there is physical evidence that he did it, but let's assume for the purpose of this thread that the evidence is there)