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Topic9 y/o Boy is charged with FIRST DEGREE MURDER for killing his ENTIRE FAMILY!!!
Kerr Avon
10/09/19 10:51:36 AM
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Some people seem to be missing the point here; the question is, is a nine year old capable, mentally and morally speaking, of being responsible for literal murder. Not can he physically perform an act that leads to deliberate loss of life (any human from a toddler upwards can accidentally kill someone), but can he understand what is going to be the actual result, and that the result is final and irreversible?

I don't have a lot of experience with kids (none of my own, I'm not from a large family, I'm not too sociable, etc), so I'm not speaking as an expert or anytying, but I would say that at nine years old, unless the boy in question has mental problems, then yes, if he commits murder then he would know what he was doing and should be treated as a murderer.
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