# Murder Charges against 9-Month-Old Dropped **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 12, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-charges-against-9-month-old-dropped/685944 "2014-04-12T16:18:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-charges-against-9-month-old-dropped/685944/1 "2014-04-12T16:18:21Z")
That’s right. A nine-month-old baby was charged with attempted murder amid accusations he tried to kill police officers. [In Pakistan](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26999823). The specific charges seem to have been “planning a murder, threatening police and interfering in state affairs.” I dunno. Spare the rod and spoil the child, ya know. I can only hope this isn’t a case of mollycoddling some delinquent! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-charges-against-9-month-old-dropped/685944/2 "2014-04-12T16:21:05Z")
Man, that kid is gonna grow up feeling totally entitled to do whatever he wants now… what are they teaching him by not making him face the consequences for his (vile, contemptible) actions? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-charges-against-9-month-old-dropped/685944/3 "2014-04-12T16:24:22Z")
Wait until he hits the “terrible twos”. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-charges-against-9-month-old-dropped/685944/4 "2014-04-12T16:26:04Z")
If we look into our hearts, how many of us can say we are innocent ? At any age ? The Pakistani legal system could not refuse to proceed on a mere technicality of size. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-charges-against-9-month-old-dropped/685944/5 "2014-04-12T16:31:59Z")
Make no mistake, it’s all part of that baby’s master plan… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-charges-against-9-month-old-dropped/685944/6 "2014-04-12T16:34:17Z")
I hope he’s getting rehabilitation, rather than simply dropping the charges. What’s to prevent him from becoming a repeat offender? They should at least fit him for an ankle bracelet, in case he tries to crawl away. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-charges-against-9-month-old-dropped/685944/7 "2014-04-12T16:37:06Z")
His name isn’t “Stewie,” is it? ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-charges-against-9-month-old-dropped/685944/8 "2014-04-12T22:55:50Z")
I support dropping the charges, if only because when you charge _one_ baby with murder, you have to start charging every single baby murderer out there. And then we’d have no babies left, because they’re _all_ psychopaths. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-charges-against-9-month-old-dropped/685944/9 "2014-04-12T23:42:59Z")
This is outrageous. How can adults in Pakistan sleep at night, knowing that baby murderers are allowed to go free? Won’t _somebody_ think of the grown-ups? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-charges-against-9-month-old-dropped/685944/10 "2014-04-13T00:57:13Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > I support dropping the charges, if only because when you charge _one_ baby with murder, you have to start charging every single baby murderer out there. And then we’d have no babies left, because they’re _all_ psychopaths. True enough - they act on pure instinct and care nothing for anyone else or societies norms. In fact, the only reason most of us are alive is that babies are too small and ineffective to kill us all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-charges-against-9-month-old-dropped/685944/11 "2014-04-13T03:07:37Z")
I see I let emotional hysteria get the best of me. The thread title should have indicated _attempted_ murder charges, not murder. At least … not yet. They might should hang him anyway just to be sure, an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure, and all that. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-charges-against-9-month-old-dropped/685944/12 "2014-04-13T03:36:35Z")
MY feeds been burning for weeks on this story. My own feeling is that the police were setup and stupidly fell for it. The media was there in force. For a simple summons? ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-charges-against-9-month-old-dropped/685944/13 "2014-04-13T08:52:51Z")
I think it’s time for a little necktie party. When the justice system fails… ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-charges-against-9-month-old-dropped/685944/14 "2014-04-13T09:55:30Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > I think it’s time for a little necktie party. When the justice system fails… It would have to be little. ---
**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-charges-against-9-month-old-dropped/685944/15 "2014-04-13T10:32:27Z")
You gotta envy the importance Pakistani society places on job-oriented training for their citizens, from such a tender age. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-charges-against-9-month-old-dropped/685944/16 "2014-04-13T10:42:55Z")
I donna. He’s probably guilty. Media reports that he acts antisocial and is emotionally unstable, with no thoughts about anything but himself. Oh, wait, that’s my toddler I’m talking about. Maybe I’ll report him as well.