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Originally Posted by guccilvr
I didn't know the full extent of my actions at 11.. it's been proven over and over again that children just simply cannot comprehend the actions and the consequences that could follow. Thinking "I might get in trouble" simply doesn't cut the standard that an adult would follow. An adult plays through all the scenarios and understands what each one could bring before making an action..well some do.. 
an 11 year just lives in the moment.. he understands right from wrong, but doesn't necessarily understand the extent of the wrong or what will happen when that wrong is committed. |
Ok, maybe i didn't know the consiquences of all my actions, but the big ones i did. Granted he probably won't understand the finer points of tax law, but it is pretty obvious that when you shoot someone, they die. As a younger kid i thought that was what always happened, you could shoot someone in the foot and immediatly they would keel over and die (damn the movies). If the kid went hunting he should know shooting things causes death, shooting things in the head especially.
His motives and reasoning may be somewhat screwed up, but to say he didn't know what would happen when he shot someone is naive. The fact he chose a gun over a rusty spork supports that.
As i said before, it's a messed up case, so i'll be happy to wait for a psychiatric report before fully committing either way.