10-year-old boy confesses to fatally shooting a man in his sleep 2 years ago, Texas authorities say
10-year-old boy confesses to fatally shooting a man in his sleep 2 years ago, Texas authorities say

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10-year-old boy confesses to fatally shooting a man in his sleep 2 years ago, Texas authorities say

Umm, okay. I guess, y'know kids have poor judgement at that age.
Okay that's a straight up psychopath right there.
And then they put him in a kiddie jail?!? He is mentally unstable! He will not get any better in a jail but they're going to let him out in a few years I'm sure. It's really starting to feel like Texas is just moving backwards in time. Next we'll be "curing" homosexuality with leaches and being dunked in a lake.
I suspect that that's less a Texas thing and more the difficulty of legally locking up a ten-year-old in a mental hospital long-term.
Doesn't have to be for life but 6 months in an institution would do him better than 6 years in jail.
kid was 8, he found an unsecured firearm and went on an adventure
Oh come on when I was 8 I knew what a gun was and the aftermath and heaviness of doing such a thing, kids aren't that clueless.
I'd give a foolish 8yo ONE shot and write it off as acting without any forethought. He shot again though. If a loud gunshot and splattered brains doesn't snap you out of it then you are literally messed up in the head.