| | Life in prison for a child?March 29, 2010 - Mark LeberfingerA Lawrence County judge ruled Monday that a 12-year-old boy will stand trial in adult court on criminal homicide charges in the shooting death of his father's pregnant fiancee, Kenzie Marie Houk. The fetus also died as a result of the shooting by Jordan Brown, who police said was 11 years old at the time of the shooting deaths in February 2009. "This offense was an execution-style killing of a defenseless pregnant young mother. A more horrific crime is difficult to imagine," Lawrence County Judge Dominick Motto wrote in his ruling. Prosecutors could change their minds and move the case to juvenile court, but for now are planning to seek a first-degree murder conviction and a life sentence for Brown. Does this make any sense? Does it serve the public's interest to seek a life sentence for a 12-year-old boy? Wouldn't it be better for Brown to be rehabilitated through the juvenile justice system, where he would kept until he is 21? Something just doesn't seem right here: A 12-year-old boy looking at life in prison. What do you think? Article Comments(9)FINKSTERApr-12-10 12:17 AM I SORT OF FEEL SORRY FOR THE KID WITH WHAT HE PROBABLY IS GOING THROUGH NOW. BEING MEDICATED TO SUBVERT HIS THOUGHT PROCESS INTO COMPLIANCE OF THE STATE. THIS WILL BE A LENGTHY ORDEAL, BY EXPERIMENTING WITH NUMEROUS MIND ALTERING DRUGS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY. HE WILL MORE THAN LIKELY HAVE A PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFENSE AND BE REQUIRED TO SERVE ANY PENALTY FOR THIS CRIME WITHIN A STATE FACILITY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPERVISION. FINKSTERApr-11-10 11:40 PM WHEW, THERE IS WHAT I THINK AND A LOT MORE. YOU SEE PART OF THE PROBLEM WE ARE EXPERIENCING IS THE COMMENT BY THE AUTHORITIES SAYING THE FETUS DIED ALSO. IN TIMES PAST IT WAS SAID TO BE A BABY. YOU ALWAYS ASKED A LADY WHEN SHE WAS DUE TO HAVE HER BABY. YOU DID NOT ASK A LADY WHEN HER FETUS WAS GOING TO GROW INTO A BABY. POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IS A TACTIC USED BY THE RADICALS TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS IN THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THEIR AGENDA. EVIL IS THE OUT COME OF THEIR OF THEIR RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL BELIEFS. THIS RADICAL CROWD BELIEVES THAT REHABILITATION IS THE CURE FOR VIOLENT BEHAVIOR. THUS WE HAVE A HABITUAL CRIMINAL CLASS NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS. ACCOUNTABILITY IS ONLY ENFORCED WHEN THEIR AGENDA IS BEING QUESTIONED OR SLOWED OR STALLED FROM BEING IMPLEMENTED OR ACCEPTED. THUS THEY HAVE ENLISTED PSEUDO SCIENCE AS THEIR ALLIE IN THEIR CAUSE. DEFERRING RESPONSIBILITY OF ACTIONS TO PSYCHOLOGY & PSYCHIATRY. THE PSEUDO SCIENCE WITH ITS DRUGS. FINKSTERApr-11-10 10:44 PM THE COURSE OF DESTRUCTION WE ARE ON IS FERMENTED BY THE RADICAL LIBERAL AGENDA WE HAVE HAD THRUST AT US FOR THESE PAST 40 PLUS YEARS NOW. THE FRUIT OF THIS IMMORAL AGENDA IS BEGINNING TO RIPEN. WHILE WE AS A NATION IGNORE THE ROTTEN FRUIT. THE RADICAL AGENDA FROM THE 60'S IS PREVALENT IN MOST OF GOVERNMENT, EDUCATION, AND MEDIA. THE CHURCH IS NOW EMBRACING THIS AGENDA THROUGH FAITH BASED INITIATIVES. OF COURSE THIS IS GOVERNMENT INITIATED AND IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION. BUT ACCEPTED BY MANY. SAD ! FINKSTERApr-11-10 10:30 PM THE SAD STORY IS THE FACT THAT THE KID KILLED HIS DADS GIRL FRIEND, WHO WAS PREGNANT. THIS IS THE CULTURE THE KID HAS BEEN RAISED IN. THE FATHER SHOULD HAVE MADE BETTER CHOICES IN HIS LIFE THAT WOULD NOT HAVE IMPACTED HIS SON TO BUILD UP SUCH HATE. SO SOCIETY AT LARGE IS GUILTY FOR THE CULTURE WE HAVE DEVELOPED FOR OUR CHILDREN. THIS KIND OF TRAGIC CRIME IS HAPPENING ALL ACROSS OUR LAND. WE AS RATIONAL ADULTS NEED TO STOP AND REALIZE WHAT OUR PARENTS AND WHAT WE AS PARENTS HAVE DONE TO OUR POSTERITY. THE MENTALITY OF THE RADICAL 60'S AND THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION OF THAT GENERATION HAS DESTROYED THE MORAL FABRIC OF OUR CULTURE. THUS THE MURDER OF SLEEPING WOMEN IS PART OF THE RESULTS. THIS RADICAL REVOLUTION HAS INFILTRATED THROUGH MOST OF THE GOOD MORAL CHARACTER THIS NATION ONCE HAD. WE ARE WHERE WE ARE TODAY ,WITH KIDS KILLING KIDS, KIDS KILLING PARENTS, PARENTS KILLING KIDS, ECT. ALL BECAUSE THE NATION HAS A STEADY MORAL DECLINE. OUR NATION IS ON IT A COURSE TO DESTRUCTION. FINKSTERApr-11-10 10:08 PM THE KID NEEDS TO BE PUNISHED SEVERELY. HE TOOK TWO LIVES TO SATISFY HIS EVIL DESIRE TO HAVE HER DEAD. BEING A CHILD DOES NOT EXCUSE THE CRIME. HE KNEW BETTER. HOWEVER THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH AGENCY WILL WILL USE THEIR SOCIALIST PROCEDURE AND HAVE THE CHILD GO THROUGH A PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING, TO DETERMINE THE NATURE OF HIS PSEUDO SICKNESS ESTABLISHED BY THE PSEUDO SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY AND THE PSEUDO SCIENCE PSYCHIATRY. POOR KID. GIVE HIM A BEATING AND LOCK HIM UP FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS AND THEN FORCE HIM INTO THE MILITARY TO MAKE HIM INTO A REAL MAN. alan71Apr-01-10 7:40 AM Why is this so objectionable too you? A child loaded a gun and shot his dad's fiancee. He certainly knew what he was doing was wrong. He loaded a weapon and deliberately pulled the trigger. Even an eight year old knows that you don't do this. Can he be rehabilitated? I doubt it. If he is hardened enought to take a life at this age, whats too stop him at age 21???? I am not willing to take the chance that the rehabilitation doesn't work and he ends up killing someone else later in life. If he does go through the juvenile justice system, you'll be covering his next murder trial ten or so years down the road....Sorry too be so blunt but I fear that it is true. cjn8091Mar-30-10 3:42 PM This does give one pause for sure, Mr. Leberfinger... But from what I've read, this was an "execution"-style shooting - that is scary from anyone, much less an 11-year-old. I suppose I'd really want to know the gruesome details to make a final judgement - details on which the prosecution based their decision. I do believe evil exists, and that society neds to be protected from it. If evil exists in that young boy, would it be exorcised by keeping him the juvenile system until he's 21? I don't know, and so I think we ought err on the side of caution, from society's perspective... Post a Comment | EZToUse.com |