Black smoke fills the air, not the usual BBQing at Christmas time (I live in Texas) but more like, something has caught on fire.Fire orange bursts end up taking the spot of a house that once stood. A little boy, about 10 years old walks out and is questioned by the police, "Yes, I started the fire." It ended up killing his whole family, mother and syblings.
So that happened in Ohio and the town is in shock. People seem to know what really happened but no one is saying anything, the boy seemed to not have a good life. His step father died from AIDS, which was part of their 'wild lifestyle.' The boy didn't have a bed, just slept on a couch.
The funny thing is he's under house arrest, he could be in detintion for a couple years and in custody till he's 21. If the boy is labeled as a serious youth offender, he could be in the slammer for life. I don't know how to punish a kid for something like this. When your kids do something they shouldn't be, you sit them in a corner or take away their priviledges to show them, you can't be doing this. How do you show a 10 year old he can't just burn down houses and kill his family let alone other familes. I know when I was 10 and if I did that, then just got a slap on the wrist I could get away with it again being my age. I don't know if he's doing is because he hates his family, and if so anyone else he doesn't get along with could have the same fate...
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I think that maybe why the 10 year old boy burned his house down with his family in it is because maybe his mother and father didn't raise him the right way by teaching him not to do bad things like that. Also, I'm sure that if I was 10 years old and did that, then my parents would probably kick me out of their family for good and disown me.
I couldn't see completely kicking out a kid, but I would sure want to keep his butt in Juvy so at least he has a roof over his head and food until he was 16 or 17 then put him on the streets. Then again my friend was kicked out, he had friend to help him out so he didn't learn how tough it was to fend for yourself with no one around. What made him fly right was a kid and that's not going to be happening with a 10 year old.
you got a slap on the wrist for killing your family?
Sorry I forgot two keywords.... IF I did that....
i was like, whaaat?
At 10 you know right from wrong. It has been etched into you the morals you should uphold. You know if wrong to hurt people. You know you aren't supposed to play with fire.
It may sound harsh, but I have no problem with him being under house arrest or in custody until 21. I have no problem with him being put in jail.
He committed a crime. He killed his family by burning them to death. If I were to do that at 18, I would go to jail. If someone at 30, 50, or 75 were to do that they would go to jail. Age should provide no sanctuary. I can see not punishing a 2 yr old, you really don't know better. But I have a 10 yr old brother, and he knows that you don't play with fire. He knows you don't light matches in the house. He knows you don't hurt people.
This world is an awful place.
If he was in an environment where adults are supposed to be teaching him right from wrong but were not, because they were too busy living a "wild lifestyle." I can see where something could go very wrong in this situation. The crazy thing is the punishment.....I have no idea what the right punishment would be.
Should we let him rot in jail? Make him stay at his grandmas house forever where he could start more fires and that could spread down the neighborhood? Should we just let him go when he's 21 and hopefully he's learned his lesson? It is really tough!
if your mother or someone else in the family uses a lighter and you see this everyday how would you know its wrong?
and you cannot be tried as an adult until you are 14, and even then they try not to. A child may know something is BAD or GOOD, but they cannot always discern the consequences of their actions. He said YES to starting the fire, but somehow I doubt he ever planned to kill everyone.
I would take that child in, hinestly. Kids need a lot of love, and attention, I doubt he got that...I live in Ohio too...but a child sleeping on a couch, step dad dying of AIDS probably means his mother was on her way out...
I would have to assume that drugs were a way of life in his family and I will also assume that his mother was not a good one. Sad, but children try to escape the hell they wallow in, if indeed their life is that. It was a way out...and sadly, he took others out on the way.
Ah, it's quite a difficult situation when a child did a crime "innocently" and people can't come up with the right punishment for it. If it's too harsh, people complain. If it's too soft, people complain. I wonder how the justice force can satisfy all citizens. Just out of curiosity, do you have a link to the article online about this event? I'd like to read the details and stuff too!
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