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Saddest crime story I read so far, today. (Original Post) Archae Mar 2013 OP
If they do catch them, which I suspect they will, premium Mar 2013 #1
When kids stray this far from wrong, shouldn't the parents/guardians LeftinOH Mar 2013 #2
Something is not sitting right with this story... HipChick Mar 2013 #3
They're kids and kids do dumb things. proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 #6
'Kids do dumb things'?? B2G Mar 2013 #12
Yes. Seriously. proud2BlibKansan Mar 2013 #13
I smell a Susan Smith type tale... HipChick Mar 2013 #4
I had the same reaction yesterday when I read it. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #5
Sadly, me too. Barack_America Mar 2013 #7
There's a simple test to see if she fired a gun B2G Mar 2013 #8
She could have someone else fire it.. HipChick Mar 2013 #9
Link to her changing story? B2G Mar 2013 #11
On the local news in GA, even the reporter was commenting she was crying HipChick Mar 2013 #15
That's my species stuntcat Mar 2013 #10
This story is potentially fishy. Quantess Mar 2013 #14
 

premium

(3,731 posts)
1. If they do catch them, which I suspect they will,
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 12:01 PM
Mar 2013

then juvie, probably for the younger one, but the older one can be tried as an adult for murder and either sentenced to death, depending on the charges, or sentenced to life in prison with or without the possibilty of parole.

LeftinOH

(5,350 posts)
2. When kids stray this far from wrong, shouldn't the parents/guardians
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 12:17 PM
Mar 2013

bear some kind of responsibility? If my kid shot A BABY in a robbery, I'd feel pretty damn guilty myself.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
3. Something is not sitting right with this story...
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 12:38 PM
Mar 2013

why would they kill the one person that could not identify them, but leave the one who can alive? something does not smell right..

 

B2G

(9,766 posts)
8. There's a simple test to see if she fired a gun
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 01:48 PM
Mar 2013

I would imagine that was the first thing they did.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
9. She could have someone else fire it..
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 01:57 PM
Mar 2013

Count me cynical...I'll see how this story unfolds, the local news are already saying that the mother gave different versions of the story

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
15. On the local news in GA, even the reporter was commenting she was crying
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 02:49 PM
Mar 2013

hysterically...but found it strange that there was no actual tears on her face

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
14. This story is potentially fishy.
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 02:42 PM
Mar 2013

It could have happened that way, I suppose... or it was made to look that way...

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