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cold dead hands · November 20, 2008, 12:46 AM

I hope this first stab at the forum is appropriate...

Tonight I watched video of the "confession" of the eight year boy who shot and killed his father and the fathers friend.

What disturbed me was that the boy was never "Miranda-ized" (not that he would have understood his rights anyway) or permitted the counsel of an adult.

He was interrogated in a manner that any rational adult would never allow to happen to themselves.

All in all, I find it disturbing that the authorities were able to get away with it. Surely someone at the top would have put the brakes on until mom could have gotten counsel or requested a public defender be there considering the extreme minority of the child.

Comments?

November 20, 2008, 12:46 AM	#1
cold dead hands Junior member Join Date: November 14, 2007 Location: Arkansuck...I dream of the day I leave here. Never to return. Posts: 854	Minors, Miranda Rights and that kid that killed his father and friend I hope this first stab at the forum is appropriate... Tonight I watched video of the "confession" of the eight year boy who shot and killed his father and the fathers friend. What disturbed me was that the boy was never "Miranda-ized" (not that he would have understood his rights anyway) or permitted the counsel of an adult. He was interrogated in a manner that any rational adult would never allow to happen to themselves. All in all, I find it disturbing that the authorities were able to get away with it. Surely someone at the top would have put the brakes on until mom could have gotten counsel or requested a public defender be there considering the extreme minority of the child. Comments?