14 Year old boy kills parents to avoid doing chores

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

Should've clarified. Sorry. I think they will probably try him as an adult, and as such, he will receive the death penalty. At his age though, i'm not sure if he can elect a fast-track execution. i know sometimes you can.

Makes me think of Christopher Pittman, who executed his grandparents when he was 12. It was a deliberate murder. He shot them both to death. He was given 30 years in prison...

Done some law work and I highly doubt they'll execute him,.. Ever. Even if they waited till he was 18. Being that he's 14 they're going to say he doesn't have adult capacity of thinking and decision making, even though it's clear he wanted to kill his parents. But it's pretty much just like sexual consent laws; If you're under 16, the law sees you having no idea what you're consenting to/doing.

I see him spending the rest of his time in a juvenile facility till 18 and then being transferred over with the big boys to serve out a life sentence (or 2).

If he was 16 and taking into consideration the how heinous and deliberate the crime was, they would most definitely try him as an adult, no doubt.