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OFF TOPIC - PA - US child appeals against being tried for murder as an adult

Original Article This is insane. In all articles that have kids who are underage, they do not release their photo or name, but in this case, they did. Either you are an adult or not, and he isn't, and this sentence shows our system is screwed, IMO. The "scientists" are always saying that a child's brain doesn't develop until age XX, and they cannot be held responsible for XX crime, yet here, they go against that. 01/25/2011 By Ed Pilkington [name withheld], who was 11 when he allegedly killed his father's pregnant fiancee, could face life sentence with no parole Lawyers for a child in Pennsylvania who was 11 when he allegedly shot and killed his father's pregnant fiancee attempted today to persuade an appeals court not to try him as an adult under America's harsh system of juvenile justice...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 26, 2011 (boomark / email).