re: 9 year old shoots and kills sister over video game controller

Yes, he should. Wonder how the mother feels about all this?

Does she push for his death? Does she even get a say in the matter? Does the state absolve the parents? Likely not. Will the state ignore the parents emptional state on the matter and make thwir decision on capital punishment alone?

Will be a clusterfrick no doubt.

The kid will be out at 18 but he will almost certainly be back to prison within a short time. He will be haunted by this for the rest of his life.

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9 year old shoots and kills sister over video game controller

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Family members are far more likely to be killed by a gun in the home than some intruder.

One who puts a gun to the back of someones head, premeditated, and pulls the fricking trigger.

There is sonething more disturbing about this than any murder Ive come across. Kill your closest of kin outside your parents, premeditate and accept the outcome she will be dead and gone, all over a fricking game controller. I was 9 years old once and ubderstood exactly the shite I did when I was that age. I wasnt delusional.

In rural Mississippi? No way

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Where in this country do you think they will put the death penalty on the table for a 9 year old?

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well, if you've ever seen Halloween.

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There is sonething more disturbing about this than any murder Ive come across. Kill your closest of kin outside your parents, premeditate and accept the outcome she will be dead and gone, all over a fricking game controller. I was 9 years old once and ubderstood exactly the shite I did when I was that age. I wasnt delusional.

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This isn't really premeditated. It's not like the boy planned this ahead of time. They got into an argument and he went and got a gun and killed her.

And not every 9 year old develops the same. No one in here has enough information to determine the mental capacity of that boy. The experts are going to have to determine that. Most 9 year olds do know better than to do that, but it did happen in rural MS so I wouldn't be surprised if the boy was a little slower and maybe doesn't have the mental capacity to fully comprehend his actions.

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And not every 9 year old develops the same. No one in here has enough information to determine the mental capacity of that boy

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Not only that, but any person who says they fully understood the consequences of their 9 year old self's actions is a liar or an idiot. Don't get me wrong....a 9 year old knows murder is wrong obviously. And he knows it's permanent. I'm not saying the kid is like "was that wrong....should I not have done that" or that he thinks he can just bring her back. But this is elementary school age we are talking about. I couldn't grasp being in high school at that time much less the seriousness of my actions, the repercussions not only for myself, but my family, and just what it meant to kill my sister.

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There is sonething more disturbing about this than any murder Ive come across

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What's disturbing is that it is a 9 year old. People kill siblings over meaningless shite all the time. They are usually just like 40 years old and terrible people. What sets this off is this kid taking the life of someone so young, but also the fact that he destroyed his own young life and doesn't understand exactly what he did.

" Over 2M American children live in homes with unsecured guns. Only 28 states require gun owners to responsibly store their guns - and even in those states, breaking the law is usually a misdemeanor punishable by a $400 fine. The @NRA opposes child access prevention (CAP) laws."

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I realize it is highly unlikely he will get the death penalty

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A capital punishment sentence for someone under 18 is unconstitutional.