.... and say point blank I would not have killed anyone. I didn't exactly have a fairy-tale childhood but i manage to know right from wrong at least on that level.

I believe in giving people the benefit of the doubt and in rehabilitation. But there has to be a line somewhere. Setting off a bomb in a public place, well I'm pretty sure it crosses the line. Other than flat out insanity of the sort where you don't know right from wrong, there is no defense here and even his lawyers figured that out.

By all accounts this kid was seen to be as well adjusted, was popular and fit in with his peers well. He had everything to live for and HE chose to toss it.