Comments on: The “confession” of a child

By: jillydoll

jillydoll — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:34:21 +0000

How could you say"this child could be a victim" this child is a victim. He is a victim of a crazy police force who questioned him without an attorney or parent. This has got to stop. There should be laws in place to protect our childrren. No child should be questioned without an attorney present. Children are too willing to please and easily confused they should never be questioned without someone looking out for them. There really should be laws in place.

By: VIRGINIA SWAN

VIRGINIA SWAN — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:53:21 +0000

Didnt this happen recently where a child was not given any representation at all and the so called `adults` in this police force cohercede a confession out of him. I was a documentary. The young boy began to believe he had done it.

WHERE were child services its against the law to question a minor with no parent in attendance in the U.K.

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:57:55 +0000

for those of you who keep making comments about "liberals" trying to get rid of guns: my boyfriend and i are very liberal and have several guns. so stop generalizing. that would be like me saying all you liberals are close minded....

By: Susanr

Susanr — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:03:40 +0000

I completely agree. Policy work was shotty at the least. The confession and the interrogation should be thrown out for procedural errors. The cops should know better and didn't care how they got this case closed. Now this child is a product of their outrageous desire to put him away and move on to the next case. Start investigating the household and I am sure you will find out what type of environment this child was living in. Beat/Spanked 1000 times is 1000 times too many. Something is not right with this entire case and should be thrown out. No parent or guardian present during questioning is a sin and against this child's rights....that alone is enough for case to be thrown out! Why is it allowed to proceed???

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:45:11 +0000

OMG!!! This poor boy. He was SPANKED/BEATEN 1000 times THIS YEAR!!! The poor child kept a log. If someone hit me that many times EVER I might consider defending myself also! What kind of a Parent was his Dad (I would NEVER call him a father, he was a brut!!!) A BULLY, OMG!!! This goes WAY beyond child abuse!!

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:52:55 +0000

8 years old.
A baby.
Tried as an adult?
When my children were 8, any adult in an authority situation intimidated them. They had been taught to respect their elders, do not argue, do not contradict, to do as they were told.
I think of them in this poor child's situation. I am very angry to know that they would not have had any 'adult' there to protect them. Only to abuse them, (again it would seem).
What is wrong with us as a society that we would do this to a child? I am ashamed of our court system.
They might as well have taken the child out into the street for a stoning and then beheading.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:17:38 +0000

to Kit above: The recoil of a .22 caliber long rifle (.22 LR) round is amazingly light. The shells themselves are easily less than the diameter of a pencil, . I'm a 23 year old boy, but I can comfortably rapidfire 17 such rounds without any rise in the barrel. A heavy enough gun can compensate for virtually all barrel rise, and the backward recoil can barely be felt through a jacket (I live in Wisconsin, when I go shooting in the winter I have to wear a heavy leather jacket to avoid the blustery weather and snow, and if I weren't for the noise I'm not sure I could tell the gun discharged at all).
The same round can be used in a pistol (I own two) and likewise they can be used in a "Rhodesian drill" rapidfire (shooting in a 2 shots, 1 shot pattern as rapidly as you can aim) exercise without any loss of accuracy on successive rounds, even in a light (under half a pound) semi-automatic pistol.

If your relatives go trap-shooting chances are they use a shotgun, either 16 or 12 gauge, which have, shall we say, significant recoil, being over half an inch in shell diameter, and usually about 3" long. They produce a large amount of recoil that will leave you black and blue, especially if you shoot a full round or two (20-40 rounds) of sport trap. Shotguns are large-bore smoothbarrel guns which use shells larger than a machinegun, albeit with less powder. The purpose is to throw a large number of small pellets (shot) into a pattern roughly the size of a dinner plate, to make it easier to hit a bird on the wing, or a clay pigeon.

By: News Reader

News Reader — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:41:58 +0000

I am not sure I believe that this kid did the initial shootings. I don't believe enough attention is given to the fact that the boy said he found his dad bleeding initially. I do believe the boy shot the men to "put them out of there misery" in the boys eyes. But, I seriously dought the boy did all this on his own. I have a hard time believing it and it will be interesting the out come of this. Someone else is involved or the 2 men shot each other or something. Something else had to happen and the news media needs to bring up the fact that in that police enteregation that boy never said he initially shot the men. He said he found them that way. In which case, I don't believe the boy should be charged with murder. I think he saw something that he didn't understand and acted on fear and not knowing what to do. But, maybe not. It just seems like a lot is missing from this story.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:12:53 +0000

Yes,an 8 year old is still a child and as such it is unacceptable behaviour. Do not get so sentimental though about a CHILD being involved in a murder as if this were impossible. Remember the two youngsters in England who lured the 2 year old boy away from his mother & bashed in his head. They murdered him. THey were put in a place of safety & have now been released. All the child murderers boggles the mind,but it was done for whatever reason. Had it been my child that was murdered, i would not be considering their age.Agreed that the police were too hasty but listening to the boy i have to admit he can lie.He sticks to his story ,then changes it when he thinks he is safe.
There is certainly more to this than is being reported at present. The parents had 8 years in which to detroy a human being. CHILDREN can be cruel and they learn from their first teachers,THEIR PARENTS

By: anoshay

anoshay — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:39:15 +0000

8 years old..thats quite young!..the kid seemed to be scared or might have had fear to do something like that.Children to tend to say things that are not true when under pressure,this child needs a guardian while investigation.Nothing shall be assumed until all the evidences are proven and the child shall be given time and space to be on his own and say what is true.