Wow... killed over a fucking cheap gaming console.
Wow... killed over a fucking cheap gaming console.
Minors are treated differently because they aren't fully mature adults, the person they are when they commit the crime will not necessarily be the same person they are when they finish growing up. Trying a young person as an adult for serious offenses satisfies a desire for vengeance or punishment but is not necessarily more just.
What relivence is the hobby
I don't know why you think it's a bad thing I don't think minors should be charged as adults, since they're not adults. Last topic we have several people up for killing 4 and 5 year olds if they killed anyone...
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None of them should have been...
People need to figure out what the fuck a child is, if a child is less than 18 without a fully developed brain, why the fuck should we punish them as adults based on the severity of the crime, and not on their actual state in life? That state being a minor who isn't fully developed.
There are 10 and 11 year olds who are charged as adults because of the severity of their crime, but we sure as fuck know, no 10 year old has the mind of an adult.
DUH!
This case does show that gamers, mmo or otherwise, need to be aware of safety precautions when dealing with individuals met over the internet.
And don't try to fix that to say "People, gamers or not"
What did I just say?!! Don't try and fix it to apply to everyone. Gamers are under attack! We're being targeted by a group that wants to destroy our way of life!
I believe the MMO part is thrown in, just because the site is focused on MMOs and because the guy killed wasn't a pro MMO gamer, we can't narrow it down to MMO gamers are under attack.
I understand your point but here is my issue then. So she was 16 just 2 years from being 18. My problem is 18 is not when the brain is fully matured this is somewhere close to age 25 (http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/youngadult/brain.html). If your going to pull this reason of the brain not being fully developed into this case then 18 would be wrong as well. Personally in this case I think she knew what she was doing and should be held accountable to this. I would be more willing to look the other way if this was a accident and the gun went off and killed someone while she was messing with it but she went to rob someone.
You guys realize the court will often threat minors as adults in the case of serious offense like premeditated murders right?
I know about the brain development but since we go with 18 we have those two reasons for someone younger.
I really don't feel her knowing what she was doing is evidence enough to say she's magically an adult.
There have been child killers who have tortured children this still doesn't age them up.
Last edited by Themius; 2016-06-30 at 01:55 PM.