He’s Still Only 8

We’ve all been following the brutal murders of the two St. Johns men, allegedly by an eight year old boy and new details are causing emotions to escalate—especially the news that the kid unloaded four bullets into each man, stopping to reload after each shot.  Bad stuff.  Really bad stuff.  But, come on folks, stop telling me the boy must stand trial as an adult or be executed.  He’s a child.  A kid.  He plays with GI Joes, has sword fights with imaginary villains and likes to eat Captain Crunch out of the box—after he gets the hidden toy.  I am as tough on crime as anyone you’ll meet but at eight nothing about the boy has fully developed which may have led to his murderous decisions but it may also offer the only hope in this story.  Just like those weight loss pictures of the person before and after their diets—we may have the chance to see one of the most miraculous changes ever recorded.   Isn’t this one at least worth the risk?

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