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24. Maybe not, but at this age you have to try.

Thu Oct 6, 2016, 07:43 PM

Oct 2016

If the person who did this were 16-18, sadly I would say try as an adult.

This is not a good sign for the child who did it. Who gets their jollies from seeing another person burn alive?

It also depends on mental functioning of the child perpetrator - if the IQ relatively low, perhaps the child has delayed mental functioning. Or if the child has been the victim of abuse or neglect, therapy and treatment might be sufficient.

The very young UK atrocity-murderers of the two-year old James Bulger are a mixed result. One was released in 2001 and supposedly has stayed out of trouble.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Bulger

The second was returned for prison on child pornography charges:
https://www.bizarrepedia.com/venables-and-thompson/

He is supposed to be out again.

So did rehab work for one and not the other?

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Texas boy charged for setting special needs child on fire [View all] Calista241 Oct 2016 OP

Question- do you think the petpetrator can apcalc Oct 2016 #1

The article doesn't say specifically, but i'm assuming the perpetrator of the arson Calista241 Oct 2016 #3

Trying a minor as an adult... Helen Borg Oct 2016 #5

I totally agree. He is in no way an adult. marble falls Oct 2016 #7

But yet so many adults behave in exactly the same way n/t egeorgequi Oct 2016 #14

what ever happened to charging the parents. The child learned this behavior at home. juxtaposed Oct 2016 #31

i seriously doubt the kid learned how to burn someone nearly to death at home. Calista241 Oct 2016 #33

I recanted the parents b/c of the full story of what really happened but, yes juxtaposed Oct 2016 #34

Good question shenmue Oct 2016 #15

no, the kind of person who does this is broken, permanently. nt geek tragedy Oct 2016 #17

Maybe not, but at this age you have to try. Yo_Mama Oct 2016 #24

No. This child is beyond repair. Codeine Oct 2016 #29

If you are not depressed and angry then there is something wrong with YOHABLO Oct 2016 #2

This is in defense of the kid who set this child on fire? WTF? bettyellen Oct 2016 #13

When someone decides to to do a deliberate "ACT" of design to hurt someone else turbinetree Oct 2016 #4

Young children don't have the minds of an adult and cannot be Yo_Mama Oct 2016 #25

The question is, Was this an "ACT or a "DESIGN" turbinetree Oct 2016 #36

What in the entire hell?? AllyCat Oct 2016 #6

So awful shenmue Oct 2016 #18

Spawn of a Deplorable aeroman Oct 2016 #8

True, and you're probably right rivegauche Oct 2016 #10

Lock him up for life, no hope of parole ever. lark Oct 2016 #9

Main problem is he is probably a psychopath womanofthehills Oct 2016 #20

During that period of my life( age 9-12) for some reason I was also bullied..... Old Vet Oct 2016 #11

My son was a big kid MFM008 Oct 2016 #12

anyone who could do that--I don't care about age--is fundamentally broken inside their head geek tragedy Oct 2016 #16

Cant agree more geek tragedy............ Old Vet Oct 2016 #19

Poor kid. :( romanic Oct 2016 #21

I don't understand why he's being charged with 1st degree arson instead of justiceischeap Oct 2016 #22

They're probably just holding him on a 1st degree arson charge Calista241 Oct 2016 #23

Attempted murder involves intent and is harder to justify in a Yo_Mama Oct 2016 #27

According to sheriff, they were burning a shed not trying to burn the boy Yo_Mama Oct 2016 #28

If this is true than all the hang the kid, throw away the key stuff above is moot. juxtaposed Oct 2016 #32

I'd support bringing some charge against the person who opted to go with the "arson" charge! Judi Lynn Oct 2016 #30

He is a monster & unfit to walk among normal humans. GOLGO 13 Oct 2016 #26

I actually read the story linked to the local news (rather than nydaily news) Greywing Oct 2016 #35