Jonathan Lewis Jr., 17, was badly injured in the Nov. 1 attack near Rancho High School in Las Vegas. He died less than a week later.

Four teenagers accused of fatally beating a classmate last year in Las Vegas have agreed to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter, which will keep them from being tried as adults, attorneys confirmed Thursday.

Nine students were arrested in connection with the melee on Nov. 1 involving a large group of people near Rancho High School, in which 17-year-old Jonathan Lewis was critically injured; he later died.

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I gotta say I never understood the whole not trying them as adults thing.

I get that kids brains aren’t fully developed and that can lead them to do some morally apprehensive things but that just sounds like a bullshit excuse. That’s an excuse meant to be used for shit like stealing a candy bar or mild vandalism not beating someone to death.

Honestly I think the parents of the child should also end up with legal ramifications. You raised a piece of shit now you get to deal with the consequences.

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You want your cake and to eat it too.

Either a 17 year old is old enough to control themselves and skills be tried as an adult, in which case they’re ills enough to be responsible for their actions. Or, a 17 is too immature, and their parent’s are responsible for their behavior.

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That is a cruel and stupid thing to say

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They were 17. If they were 18 they would be tried as adults.

Do you know what’s cruel? Beating a classmate to death.

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Two month later and they would’ve suddenly realised that killing is not okey dokey.

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Every kid who commits adult crimes should be charged as an adult.

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Change the address of the prison term but not the length.

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Felonies. Let’s just use that as the line.

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What about the case of a 10yo killing its abusive neo nazi father? Does the child fully understand the consequences of what it did, or did it just want the abuse to stop?

That child got as many years jailtime as it was old at the time of the killing.

Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/08/26/i-shot-dad-the-tragic-case-of-a-child-who-killed-his-abusive-neo-nazi-father/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/10-year-old-boy-who-killed-neo-nazi-father-denied-supreme-court-review/

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Holy shit that was heavy. Master race indeed…

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I think we can all agree that killing Nazis is never a crime.

Also, if he was being abused, that’s self defense. What he needed was a better lawyer.

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