re: Two 12 Year Old Girls Plot To Kill Friend; They Stab Her 19 times.

Read the article. Their legal counsel will ask for mental evaluations which the Judge will grant in efforts to dot "I's" amd cross "T's" as there will be an appeal regardless of the direction the case goes.

Not sure how that state's law reads about how young a minor can be charged as an adult. However, given the magnitude and premeditation of the act, it would be appropriate if allowed.

The kids have got some issues, but seem to be moreso related to personality disorders instead of anything with psychotic features. The other issue is that at age 12, they are not able to appreciate the finality of ending a life.

I would not recommend that the kids be placed in a forensic hospital per se, as there will eventually be an attempt to work them back out in the community within 10 to 15 years on some sort of civil commitment.

Obviously, no one is going to execute a 12 year old kid. The higher level courts won't allow it.

My initial thoughts based solely on the article I read would be sentencing in such a manner that the kids are remanded to a juvenile detention center and transferred to an adult female detention center when they reach the age of majority. Probably looking at 20 to 25 years total and that would not include "time for good behavior", which would lessen the sentence somewhat.

Given that the kids are all minors, the parents are still responsible for what the kids do. That said, the victim's parents could successfully sue the other two sets of parents for damages - probably payable through homeowner's insurance.

Very sordid incident.