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sarisataka

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26. I'm sure some backwoods southern lawyer

Reply to irisblue (Reply #24)

Wed Sep 4, 2024, 05:56 PM

Sep 2024

knows a judge with bloodstains on his hands.

But that would seem to work against the conclusion many are jumping to that the shooter is white. You would think if that was true the PTB would want to keep him in the juvenile system to minimize punishment.

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The Ga shooter has been named & will be tried as an adult [View all] irisblue Sep 2024 OP

Of course he is named after a gun TheProle Sep 2024 #1

Wonder if the adult who owned the gun will be charged as well irisblue Sep 2024 #2

Hope Rebl2 Sep 2024 #5

I read somewhere that Georgia doesn't hold parents responsible for what their kid does with a gun Beaverhausen Sep 2024 #12

That's unfortunate Rebl2 Sep 2024 #15

Good point I had not noticed. Bet he used daddy's gun. Silent Type Sep 2024 #3

Just what Rebl2 Sep 2024 #4

I was thinking horse soandso Sep 2024 #7

Possible, not likely. Igel Sep 2024 #34

sorry, a 14 yr old is NOT AN ADULT Skittles Sep 2024 #6

Absolutely insane. a kennedy Sep 2024 #9

Yeah, well soandso Sep 2024 #10

There is no good and responsibling your way to being an adult TheKentuckian Sep 2024 #20

That's up to the legal system to classify soandso Sep 2024 #35

He was a bullied child. And now he's a scapegoat for everything sick in our culture that adults won't address Iris Sep 2024 #29

A scapegoat? soandso Sep 2024 #36

True, but so were some of his victims. Gore1FL Sep 2024 #11

Agreed Prairie Gates Sep 2024 #14

100% agree. Cuthbert Allgood Sep 2024 #18

Perhaps HS ProfessorGAC Sep 2024 #25

I recall people, not so long ago, sarisataka Sep 2024 #19

gun based name? "Colt" BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 2024 #8

His name was based on gun violence? Botany Sep 2024 #13

Yep, that will fix it angrychair Sep 2024 #16

Or he's been shooting people in a video game for years and years birdographer Sep 2024 #32

Simulators like GTA are also a blight. live love laugh Sep 2024 #39

Live by the sword... Squaredeal Sep 2024 #17

We all either live by the sword or someone does so on our behalf. TheKentuckian Sep 2024 #22

Isn't there normally a process or hearing sarisataka Sep 2024 #21

Want to bet there is a local judge in the DAs' back pocket? irisblue Sep 2024 #24

I'm sure some backwoods southern lawyer sarisataka Sep 2024 #26

Each state differs in process. It is likely a DA decision. 33taw Sep 2024 #28

I expect every narrative will interpret this one data point as an impilcit validation for "their side" Torchlight Sep 2024 #23

Could be. jimfields33 Sep 2024 #37

How does trying him as an adult make any difference bucolic_frolic Sep 2024 #27

Do you think 7 years is enough time? If he were tried as a juvenile, he'd be released at age 21. catbyte Sep 2024 #30

Only 14 years old. So, so young to do such a horrible thing. riversedge Sep 2024 #31

Will the parent(s) who gave him access to the gun be tried as children? tinrobot Sep 2024 #33

Mixed feelings about him being tried as an adult BannonsLiver Sep 2024 #38