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I'd read this thread, but didn't read the two linked articles.

I like the quote in the bottom of the first article that says something like 'they didn't deserve to die for teenage transgressions'. While it might be true, that sounds like using "boys will be boys" in a rape trial. I was a teenager once. I never broke into someone's home and burgled from them. They definitely deserved some sort of punishment, and death does seem a bit harsh, but if you break into someone's home, that's always a possibility.

On the other hand, the guy that did it was definitely off of the deep end. Honestly, it sounds like he deserves plenty of punishment too. He seemed to enjoy what he did. The fact the he killed the first kid, then put him on a tarp and dragged him out of site and sat down to wait for another kid, is not much of a defense. Then the second kid came in and the guy shot her several times, told her that she was dying, and then shot her again, while saying something like 'a good clean killing shot'. Then he waited a day to ask a neighbor to call the police.

Yeah, the guy sounds like he's way off his rocker and probably shouldn't be out and about either.