# 11 year old charged with murder as an adult

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-year-old-charged-with-murder-as-an-adult/554698>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 22, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-year-old-charged-with-murder-as-an-adult/554698 "2010-09-22T20:58:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-year-old-charged-with-murder-as-an-adult/554698/41 "2010-09-24T16:23:43Z")

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> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> > [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#):
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> > The greatest penalty any court should impose on a child is twice their age. An 11-year-old killer should get a maximum of 22 years.
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> Great. So my 2-year-old nephew could kill me and be out in time for kindergarten.

Kindergarten’s a waste anyway. In prison your nephew will learn a useful trade like making license plates.

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**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-year-old-charged-with-murder-as-an-adult/554698/42 "2010-09-24T16:38:54Z")

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> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> > [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> > Great. So my 2-year-old nephew could kill me and be out in time for kindergarten.
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> Kindergarten’s a waste anyway. In prison your nephew will learn a useful trade like making license plates.

And shivs out of bars of soap!

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-year-old-charged-with-murder-as-an-adult/554698/43 "2010-09-24T17:27:00Z")

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And he can have naptime - in the hole!

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**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-year-old-charged-with-murder-as-an-adult/554698/44 "2010-09-25T11:15:28Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> But the girl is a Negro. That doesn’t change your opinion?

It depends. Does she order her steak well done?

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**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-year-old-charged-with-murder-as-an-adult/554698/45 "2010-09-25T19:00:54Z")

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> [@Contrapuntal](#):
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> > [@John\_Mace](#):
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> > But the girl is a Negro. That doesn’t change your opinion?
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> It depends. Does she order her steak well done?

No no, you’re going about this all wrong: what’s her position on declawing cats? Also, should said cats be left inside or allowed to roam outside?

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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/11-year-old-charged-with-murder-as-an-adult/554698/46 "2010-09-25T19:29:26Z")

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Does she sort her recycling?

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