4/14/2005

Boy Beat to Death by Baseball Bat

I saw this story on television and was able to find the site for it. After hearing about it, it makes me feel sorry for both families involved. Two boys were standing in a concession line after a baseball game, and the 15-year old began exchanging "words" (making fun, non-the-less, because the other boy's team had lost to the worst team in the league) with a 13-year old, who has now been charged with murder. The 13 year old got mad, and hit the other in the knee and then in the head, killing the boy.

So what should happen to this boy who murdered the other? I frankly don't know. It is sad that this would ever happen, and I again, feel bad for both sides. Although it was wrong, very wrong for a kid to hit another with a bat, it also wasn't right to make fun of someone either. The mother of the victim also released a statement she wanted everyone to hear on the TV broadcast, and said that this boy, who is now in custody, was a good boy and she never had hard feelings towards him. Today's kids have become so violent, things like this are happening more and more in the U.S.. What is happening to our families? I'm just glad I don't have to decide this boy's fate, that's for sure.

2 comments:

Spencer said...

I do believe that kids today are more violent than they ever have been. The reason is that TV and current events are being made more avaliable to kids. Kids just watch too much TV, and when TV is violent, kids get violent.

Dr. Tufte said...

-1 on Fred's post and Ace's comment for spelling error and grammatical errors.

Yikes.

At least Jane has brought us back a little to economics arguments. I'm not sure what to say about putting a 15 year old in an adult prison. But, there is pretty clear evidence that what deters crime is a higher probability of getting caught, and a higher probability of doing time. So perhaps this boy needs to be made an example of.