Two 5th Graders Face Murder/Conspiracy Charges

[mad cow]

Two Colville boys face murder conspiracy charges for their alleged plot to kill fellow elementary school students in early February.

A judge found the 10 and 11-year-old, who appeared in Stevens County Superior Court Friday, both competent to stand trial.

Prosecutors say the fifth graders planned to rape and kill a girl who had been mocking them on their school bus. Prosecutors asked that despite the boys' young age, they be held responsible for their actions.

http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/Two-Colville-5th-graders-face-murder-conspiracy-charges/-/101214/19527146/-/8tnhgj/-/index.html

More at link.

[tod evans]

Whatever happened to old fashioned ass whuppin's?

Seems as though at least one girl and two boys have earned spankings, not a trial.

Dragging kids into court, especially kids this young strikes me as wrong.

[Schifference]

Whatever happened to old fashioned ass whuppin's?

Deemed illegal by the state. Realistically the good old whuppin that was prevalent in years past would probably be abused in a moral less society. Life is not like The Walton's or Little house on the prairie. Children are the byproduct of us and the system.