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mentalsolstice

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39. I usually agree with you, but not on this one

Reply to Warpy (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 29, 2016, 08:47 PM

Jul 2016

Most angry adolescents with incomplete frontal cortexes don't go around slitting the throats of their peers in a planned purposeful way. While she maybe doesn't belong in the adult prison system right now, she needs to be removed from society for a long time.

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Police: 14 year old girl slits the throat of her brother's girlfriend [View all] davidn3600 Jul 2016 OP

Sounds like she'll make a great Republican n/t Matrosov Jul 2016 #1

Or prisoner.nt WhiteTara Jul 2016 #2

Sounds like she needs time to grow up Warpy Jul 2016 #3

You want to live next door to this girl in 10 years? davidn3600 Jul 2016 #9

Depends on who she is after her brain is rewired. Warpy Jul 2016 #19

Would you live next to her after she's cured? brooklynite Jul 2016 #31

Wouldn't you? Warpy Jul 2016 #33

Do I believe people change? Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't... brooklynite Jul 2016 #38

Ed Kemper and David Grissom turned out fine after they were released for their juvenile murders ... REP Jul 2016 #22

Why does nobody sententiously quote Maya Angelou in cases like this? whatthehey Jul 2016 #12

+1 treestar Jul 2016 #14

while this is very true... Javaman Jul 2016 #17

Yeah, because slitting throats is just one of those adolescent phases we all go through, right? whathehell Jul 2016 #28

I usually agree with you, but not on this one mentalsolstice Jul 2016 #39

Oh man, those wacky Syrian refugees are at it again... Oh wait, never mind. ck4829 Jul 2016 #4

One act excuses the other PrideofJefferson Jul 2016 #7

Creating a premise no one has implied to argue against? LanternWaste Jul 2016 #21

Really PrideofJefferson Jul 2016 #36

just another hour in America. nt Javaman Jul 2016 #18

Nah, she's just your typical teen who needs to."grow up" whathehell Jul 2016 #29

Here's hoping everyone in this story gets the help they clearly need. Brickbat Jul 2016 #5

Dexter, she is not. At least Dexter had a code of ethics. Initech Jul 2016 #6

Horrible treestar Jul 2016 #8

There was a young man in Indiana... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2016 #11

OMG treestar Jul 2016 #13

They even released Kenneth MacDuff, the psychopath's psychopath. whatthehey Jul 2016 #15

Oh shit, I thought you were giving us a limericks.. whathehell Jul 2016 #35

the odd thing about most psychopaths is... Javaman Jul 2016 #20

Horrific. NaturalHigh Jul 2016 #10

sounds like a good candidate for lifetime confinement in geek tragedy Jul 2016 #16

I honestly don't think people like that are ever able to be smirkymonkey Jul 2016 #24

Agreed - once a psychopath always a psychopath womanofthehills Jul 2016 #26

Sounds like the victim survived geardaddy Jul 2016 #23

great read on the subject "The Psychopath Next Door" - Martha Stout womanofthehills Jul 2016 #25

I want to make a joke about bad cheese curd, but its really a horrible murder. aikoaiko Jul 2016 #27

What the fuck is going on in Wisconsin? NuclearDem Jul 2016 #30

Damn that's fucked up. backscatter712 Jul 2016 #32

I'm betting she's thinking "well, there's always next time". nt COLGATE4 Jul 2016 #34

Lock her up for life in a mental institution Calculating Jul 2016 #37

More Info: This girl is out of her mind! davidn3600 Jul 2016 #40