FenrirIII@lemmy.world to Texas@lemmy.world · 7 months ago10-year-old boy confesses to fatally shooting a man in his sleep 2 years ago, Texas authorities sayapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link10-year-old boy confesses to fatally shooting a man in his sleep 2 years ago, Texas authorities sayapnews.comFenrirIII@lemmy.world to Texas@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square5fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 months agoI suspect that that’s less a Texas thing and more the difficulty of legally locking up a ten-year-old in a mental hospital long-term.
minus-squareBrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoDoesn’t have to be for life but 6 months in an institution would do him better than 6 years in jail.
minus-squareChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 months agodeleted by creator
I suspect that that’s less a Texas thing and more the difficulty of legally locking up a ten-year-old in a mental hospital long-term.
Doesn’t have to be for life but 6 months in an institution would do him better than 6 years in jail.
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