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Anonymous:
--- Quote ---On 2005-07-30 06:11:00, AtomicAnt wrote:
"Another young life thrown away:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/07/29/baseb ... index.html
Youth sentenced to detention center in baseball bat killing
Boy, 13, ordered to stay in facility till age 25
Friday, July 29, 2005; Posted: 12:18 p.m. EDT (16:18 GMT)
Brian Rourke, talks to reporters after the sentencing of a 13-year-old convicted in the killing of his son,
Jeremy Rourke.
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A 13-year-old boy convicted of beating his friend to death with a baseball bat
was sentenced Thursday to a youth detention facility until he is 25 years old, although he could be paroled
before then.
"Watching my son die in front of my face was devastating," the victim's father, Brian Rourke, told the court. "My
son, Jeremy (Rourke), was killed for teasing another kid."
Rourke said he and his son were "best friends."
The convicted teen, whose name is being withheld because he is a juvenile, was found guilty of second-degree
murder after beating Rourke in the knee and head with an aluminum bat after a youth game.
The young teen's feet were shackled during the disposition hearing, and he sat quietly.
Superior Court Judge Richard Naranjo imposed the maximum sentence. Under California law, children under 14 cannot
be tried as adults. The hearing was open to the media.
The attack followed an argument after a Pony League baseball game in Palmdale, California, about 40 miles
northeast of Los Angeles. The suspect was described as a well-liked boy with no criminal record.
Defense attorney William McKinney argued that Rourke was relentlessly bullying the younger boy before the attack,
and said his client had merely taken "the wrong path."
However, prosecutors contended the older boy was merely teasing him.
"We cannot take the chance in the future that he will display that behavior," said prosecutor Lonnie Felk.
Witnesses said the 13-year-old's team had just lost its first game of the season, and he was getting in line at a
snack bar when he and Rourke got into some sort of scuffle. Some witnesses said there was a dispute between the
teens over their place in line; others said Rourke teased the suspect over the loss.
A psychologist described the younger boy as "well-socialized," a good student and "compliant with authority."
Baseball coach Allen McBroom, who has known the convicted teen for five years, fought back tears as he said the
child was the kind of polite boy he liked his son to pal around with.
CNN Producer Sara Weisfeldt contributed to this report.
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I post this, because I don't know what to think of it. Murder is serious, but was this an isolated accident due to loss of control? Is the sentence the best thing for the kid and society? I would rather see him graduate from college at 25 than walk out of a prison a hard core ex-con.
Probably off-topic. Sorry."
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This kid is very very lucky.
In South Carolina, another 13 year old boy on 2 types of pychotropic drugs heard voices and killed his grandparents.
HE GOT A LIFE SENTENCE. No possibility of parole.
Damn Amerika. Protect the drug companies. No, it wasn't the drugs, they say. Well guess what?
It was.
Anonymous:
I just hope one day they will develop the science or something where they can conclusively prove these medications negative effects. I feel like we are in the 50's and everyone is smoking ciggarettes, completely oblivious to the harm it's doing-- but instead of tobacco todays fad is prescription drugs. I've been at my low points and tried a few anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication, I honestly didn't feel a thing. I just dont get it really.
Without a way to prove the effects of these medications, it would be almost impossible the child above who murdered the other child wouldn't have done it if he weren't taking the medication. I think every human being is capable of murder, so the question is, do these medications bring that dark instinct to the surface quicker?
Hopefully we'll have an answer soon.
Anonymous:
was the kid on psychoactive drugs? if so, which one/ones? kids have more pressures/distractions to deal with now more than ever. as much as we'd like to deny it, we are still creatures of instinct, and constant bullying can really push a kid over the edge. i'm not defending him, I think it's a tragedy what happened, and it's really sad, but now he's going to be locked away throughout his high school and college years, some of the most developmental times of his life, only to reemgere to reality 12 years later, pale and unprepared for the world. Does anyone know where he's going to serve his sentence?
AtomicAnt:
--- Quote ---On 2005-08-02 18:01:00, Anonymous wrote:
"was the kid on psychoactive drugs? if so, which one/ones? kids have more pressures/distractions to deal with now more than ever. as much as we'd like to deny it, we are still creatures of instinct, and constant bullying can really push a kid over the edge. i'm not defending him, I think it's a tragedy what happened, and it's really sad, but now he's going to be locked away throughout his high school and college years, some of the most developmental times of his life, only to reemgere to reality 12 years later, pale and unprepared for the world. Does anyone know where he's going to serve his sentence? "
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Was this just a freak accident due to the lack of impulse control a kid might have? It would seem a shame to incarcerate him for so long when a couple years of maturity might calm him down. There is no mention that he had a history of being violent.
Anonymous:
You certainly SEEM to be hateful, if all the hateful terminology you just spewed is any idication.
As for kids not getting "a education," perhaps you should consider getting one yourseld, and having some idea what you're talking about, before trying to debate anything again in the future.
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