California teen admits killing gay student, to serve 25 years
When I first read about the shooting, I was pretty emotional about it. I am also not sure if I agree with how this has all played out. When a young teenage student brings a gun to school and kills another student, that's crazy enough, but the manner in which this kid did it is especially disturbing to me.
In the middle of computer lab, the shooter gets up and shoots the kid in the back of the head. The teacher turns to see what happened, not realizing it was a gunshot she had just heard. "What are you doing?" she inquired the young shooter, not sure what she's seeing. Again, he shoots the kid a second time in the back of the head. I don't know how you perceive that, but that is some cold, sadistic shit!
How people can rally to the defense of the shooter is beyond me. He may be a child, but he is also a killer! Hopefully we don't grant children a pass when it comes to killing one another just for the sake of them being young. If your child has yet to understand that murdering innocent people is not okay by the time they're a teenager, your child has major issues or you're a failure as a parent.
The article says he 'admits' to killing the boy. I'm sure he did that out of the best interest of the person he killed and his family; not his own good for possibly getting a lesser sentence.
I find myself thinking "what if I was the one who was killed?" or "what if it was my family, friend, or lover?" What kind of justice would I want? None could bring that person back, but I won't hesitate in saying I would have wanted the maximum sentence, even if the killer was a teenager.
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