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The boy has been held in a jail about 45 miles northwest of Pittsburgh since early Saturday, Adamo said. Brown faces a preliminary hearing on Thursday to determine if he'll stand trial. He was charged as an adult because Pennsylvania law allows prosecutors to charge children as young as 10 with criminal homicide.
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Question:
Can you really tell if one has the faculties necessary to distinguish right or wrong at the age of 10? Has anybody ever looked into this? Scratch that, let's say at the age of 16. Is one considered "socially fit" to make decisions at such an age?
Being charged as an adult is just not right. And no, I'm not making excuses for even minor misbehaviors. I know this is serious, someon lost a life.
That said, It's definitely the gun. I live alone and I have baby proofed my house. I make sure cleaning bleaches and detergent are far away from my neice whenever she comes visiting. Electrical sockets are all covered up and she doesnt have a chance of poisoning me or herself. I dont own a gun. So the detergeant or the bleach could be the gun in this case. It's not wheather it's right or wrong to own a gun .... it's how they took care of it that is in question here.